From owner-freebsd-ports Tue May 5 12:16:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA17984 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Tue, 5 May 1998 12:16:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt050n33.san.rr.com (@dt053nd2.san.rr.com [204.210.34.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA17976 for ; Tue, 5 May 1998 12:16:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@san.rr.com) Received: from san.rr.com (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt050n33.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA16280; Tue, 5 May 1998 12:16:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@san.rr.com) Message-ID: <354F6588.B374CCAC@san.rr.com> Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 12:16:24 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE-0502 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Hunt CC: Chuck Robey , FreeBSD-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How-to question for port with no makefile References: <354EEFA9.575BFFEF@san.rr.com> <19980505131511.A22500@mph124.rh.psu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Matthew Hunt wrote: > > On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 03:53:29AM -0700, Studded wrote: > > > also installs and deletes cleanly. One caveat, I can't figure out how to > > delete the /usr/local/libexec/sirc directory, the post-deinstall: target > > I would guess that you want > > @dirrm libexec/sirc > > in your pkg/PLIST (traditionally near the end). That's just the ticket, thanks! Where would I find more info on that kind of stuff? I read the handbook page multiple times and didn't see it. :-/ > > didn't work for me. The other thing before I forget is if the "# Date > > created" is supposed to reflect the date the port is *first* created, > > why not call it that? :) > > Creation is inherently a one-time event. I've been upgraded several > times in my life (and probably downgraded a few times) but I've only > been created once. :-) Well someone like me would look at that and think that "date created" would refer to the date *that* version of the file was created. It was just a thought, prompted by asami-san's dire warnings in the handbook. > > .include > > I think that's implicit, and shouldn't appear. Yep, got that one thanks. I'll hold off submitting it till tonight in case someone else has suggestions. Thanks for the other tips too, :) Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud designer and maintainer of the world's largest Internet *** Relay Chat server with 5,328 simultaneous connections. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message