From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Jan 12 05:36:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA19437 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 05:36:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ppp265.on.bellglobal.com (ppp1324.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.225.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA19399 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 05:36:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vanderh@ecf.toronto.edu) Received: (from tim@localhost) by ppp265.on.bellglobal.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id IAA39964; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 08:36:38 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tim) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 08:36:38 -0500 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: "Matthew D. Fuller" Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting help Message-ID: <19990112083637.A39884@ppp265.on.bellglobal.com> References: <19990112063523.E12236@futuresouth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <19990112063523.E12236@futuresouth.com>; from Matthew D. Fuller on Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 06:35:23AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 06:35:23AM -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > 1) In the porting section of the handbook, it mentions doing a 'make > checksum' to generate the files/md5 file, which I couldn't for the life ``make makesum'' > a) make a patch to take that out, and use the MANx variable? > b) include the manpage in the PLIST? > c) something else? d) both a) and c) are (almost) true. :) List in MANx but don't make a patch to "take that out". MANx does not install manpages for you. It just massages them. > 3) portlint is spewing: > {~/tmp/tmpport/graphics/bgrot} mortis:{1604} %portlint . | grep ^WARN > WARN: extra item placed in the *_DEPENDS section, for example, "USE_PERL5". > Does this mean I should do this some other way? > USE_PERL5= yes > RUN_DEPENDS= xv:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/xv USE_PERL5 only after blank line + RUN_DEPENDS. > That's all I've found just in theoretical; I haven't tried any of the > actual install/etc as a port, just trying to get it clean-looking for the > moment. > > Thanks! Good luck! :) -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message