Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:26:17 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports that have multiple configuration files Message-ID: <20080106122617.2da9e5a3@deskjail> In-Reply-To: <478074A1.7020409@cyberbotx.com> References: <478068A6.7040408@cyberbotx.com> <47807231.6000202@FreeBSD.org> <478074A1.7020409@cyberbotx.com>
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Quoting Naram Qashat <cyberbotx@cyberbotx.com> (Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:26:41 -0500): > Doug Barton wrote: > > Naram Qashat wrote: > >> I had a question regarding what to do in a port Makefile when the port > >> has multiple configuration files to install into PREFIX/etc. I read in > >> the Porters Handbook about having to add entries into the Makefile and > >> pkg-plist, but that seems to only be good for ports with a very small > >> amount of configuration files. Is there an easy way to take a large > >> collection of configuration files, change their extensions all to > >> .conf.sample instead of .conf, set up all of them to be copied to .conf > >> when they don't exist, and remove them all when they match the > >> .conf.sample? > > > > Ummm ... use a loop? Take a look at mail/alpine for examples of using > > shell commands vs. make commands for glob patterns. > > I can see how the loop would work within the Makefile. But I don't see how I > would handle @unexec and @exec commands in pkg-plist for so many configuration > files. I ask because there are 34 separate configuration files within the port > I am trying to create. Write a loop in the @(un)exec part, or write a script which outputs a @(un)exec line for each config file. Bye, Alexander. -- BOFH excuse #97: Small animal kamikaze attack on power supplies http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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