From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Oct 16 14:14:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from server.termroom.bsdcon.org (termroom.bsdcon.org [206.55.247.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCE1837B502 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:14:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from envy.geekhouse.net (root@[192.168.1.55]) by server.termroom.bsdcon.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e9GEEwO39982; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:14:58 GMT (envelope-from jim@envy.geekhouse.net) Received: (from jim@localhost) by envy.geekhouse.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id e9GLDLZ07121; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:13:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:13:20 -0700 From: Jim Mock To: papowell@astart.com Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG, v@astart.com Subject: Re: porters-handbook, small comment about file names Message-ID: <20001016141320.A6941@envy.geekhouse.net> Reply-To: jim@lust.geekhouse.net References: <200010162110.OAA01081@h4.private> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200010162110.OAA01081@h4.private>; from papowell@astart.com on Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 02:10:47PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 at 14:10:47 -0700, papowell@astart.com wrote: > In the current copy of the Porters-Handbook on the FreeBSD > web site (http://www.freebsd.org/porters-handbook), > > Section 2.2 - Writing Description Files > > This section refers to pkg-comment, pkg-descr, pkg-plist > > In actual fact, they are: > > pkg/COMMENT, pkg/DESCR, and pkg/PLIST. Not anymore :-) This changed a week or two ago. > 2.2. Writing the description files > > There are three description files that are required for any port, > whether they actually package or not. They are pkg-comment, pkg-descr, > and pkg-plist, and their pkg- prefix distinguishes them from other > files. > > A better wording might be: > > There are three description files that are required for any port, > whether they actually package or not. These files are in the > pkg/ subdirectory and are pkg/COMMENT, pkg/DESCR, and > and pkg/PLIST. These are referred to as > pkg-comment, pkg-descr, and pkg-plist in this document. That's because they are pkg-* now. > However, the pkg-xxx notation is very confusing to the novice. > I would recommend or suggest that changing the names where appropriate > would be a better idea. See above. - jim -- jim mock work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message