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Date:      Tue, 12 Jan 1999 08:36:38 -0500
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Porting help
Message-ID:  <19990112083637.A39884@ppp265.on.bellglobal.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990112063523.E12236@futuresouth.com>; from Matthew D. Fuller on Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 06:35:23AM -0600
References:  <19990112063523.E12236@futuresouth.com>

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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!  :)  


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