Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:12:53 -0400 From: Michael Scheidell <scheidell@FreeBSD.org> To: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How useful is %%DATADIR%%, anyway? Message-ID: <4F6CE755.8020502@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CADLo839cUtxHJNqYQtvaFSp9Jjg21Hsn0U7xiOS9JuGmkhETmg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADLo839cUtxHJNqYQtvaFSp9Jjg21Hsn0U7xiOS9JuGmkhETmg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 3/23/12 4:14 PM, Chris Rees wrote: > Hi all, > > > Just as a thought, I decided to try stripping out all mentions of > %%DATADIR%%, %%DOCSDIR%% etc from pkg-plist, and replacing them with > PORTDOCS=*, PORTDATA=* in the Makefiles etc. Don't forget EXAMPLESDOC! > I propose modifying the Porter's Handbook to discourage use of > %%PORTDOCS%% etc in static plists, and encourage the use of PORTDOCS want to take a stab at this one? <*http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/165820>; you are saying that instead of * +%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%% in the plist, this one, you could basically eliminate plist-file (save 2k on the disk?) and put them in PLIST_FILES in Makefile. what if the 'docs' are in a strange place? like this port? how would this port be fixed? -- Michael Scheidell, CTO >*| * SECNAP Network Security Corporation d: +1.561.948.2259 w: http://people.freebsd.org/~scheidell
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