From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 19:12:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 350A31065670 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:12:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx22.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC5F38FC0A for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:12:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 28090 invoked by uid 399); 23 Jan 2009 19:12:13 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.19?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 23 Jan 2009 19:12:13 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <497A16AA.3060505@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:12:42 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Florent Thoumie References: <539c60b90901191200n66f37c76k749ebbb829378cb9@mail.gmail.com> <200901231622.53940.makc@issp.ac.ru> <539c60b90901230746o5a7dc2b5g735f17837de1480a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to install a port without install: in the Makefile X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:12:14 -0000 Florent Thoumie wrote: > It's not about installing files but rather registering them. > PLIST_FILES/PLIST_DIRS is just a way to replace pkg-plist, for wrong > reasons. I respectfully disagree my friend. :) There was a time back when disks were a lot smaller that saving inodes was a noble thing. Nowadays (for the most part) that is not really a consideration, but personally I still find it convenient to list as much as possible in the Makefile. It saves cvs churn in any case. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection