Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 17:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/9375: Handbook addition: Automated PLIST building for ports Message-ID: <199901080120.RAA01040@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/9375; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: Tom Hukins <tom@eborcom.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/9375: Handbook addition: Automated PLIST building for ports Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 20:11:17 -0500 On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 09:23:36PM -0000, Tom Hukins wrote: > > As per the recent thread on the freebsd-doc mailing list (Suggestion > for "Making a port yourself" in the Handbook), here is a patch to > the Handbook which contains information on building a packing list > automatically. I believe one of the other *BSDs has something built-into their bsd.port.mk, as well as some other advice in assorted documents/collective mailing-list knowledge. > + <p>If your port honours the PREFIX variable (which it > + should), you can then type `<tt>make install > + PREFIX=/var/tmp/MY-PORT</tt>'. Once the port has been > + installed successfully, create the packing list with > + `<tt>(cd /var/tmp/MY-PORT && find * \! -type d) > > + pkg/PLIST</tt>'. Don't forget to remove any user configuration files from the PLIST (unless they were installed as config-file.sample as they should be). Don't forget to make sure that files listed were actually installed by the port for whom the plist is being made (ie. not installed by a dependency!!). Manpages need to be removed. -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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