Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:56:41 +0300 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Jesse Smith <jessefrgsmith@yahoo.ca> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Data files and ports Message-ID: <AANLkTimKL3Bbn1ZJCQXPdpBvR_4-Vi-IRvFATFAFCycV@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1276264730.2503.20.camel@hp-laptop> References: <1276264730.2503.20.camel@hp-laptop>
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On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Jesse Smith <jessefrgsmith@yahoo.ca> wrote: ... > I'm trying to port a program which is distributed in two separate > packages from the upstream project. One package contains the executable > program and the other contains data files. The Data package rarely > changes. The idea being packaging them together would use up a lot of > extra bandwidth. > ... > My instinct is to create a separate port for the Data package and list > it as a dependency for the Executable port. I'd appreciate some > guidance. > Others have already mentioned some ways for you to do this. I just want to bring to your attention the games/doom and games/doom-data ports as well as a few others % ls -d /usr/ports/*/*-data|wc -l 31 -- Eitan Adler
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