From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 15 05:17:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A21016A41A for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:17:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dthomas53@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A43D43D48 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:17:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dthomas53@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id m7so322429nzf for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:17:51 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=P8JJyDmYQ+nOiUfoDClh1dJoK03Lvp42NFNsjHClL9DxtvGDRVubcNCBMGydBbwAp72pGamPMNxGe7O+omKS9cSpGcvQ736OzNisK3krSb/IZoif8izjL1NvbGFZEsgdzXg1JKEK0ASSC5wyAKv1obm48DNolEKULLmjROX7fhY= Received: by 10.37.12.45 with SMTP id p45mr2108972nzi; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:10:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.37.12.21 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:10:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 01:10:56 -0400 From: "David Stanford" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_20216_1728965.1150348256860" References: X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Questions on Porting 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: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:17:52 -0000 ------=_Part_20216_1728965.1150348256860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Okay, I decided to just have the source extract to ${DATADIR}. I've attached the port. I'd like to see what some you all think and maybe correct any errors I may have made...then I'd like to submit it. Thanks! -David On 6/12/06, David Stanford wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm currently attempting to create my first port (for SSL-Explorer) > and wanted to make sure I was on the right track before continuing any > further. First, I'd like to know if anyone else has begun this already as I > wouldn't want to continue on duplicating the effort. If anyone has already > begun this, please let me know. My second question is one concerning best > practices for porting software such as this that requires user interaction > during the build and installation. Basically, to install this (java-based) > software you need to build it using ant (devel/apache-ant) which doesn't > just build, but actually opens up a TCP port and has you browse to it via > HTTP and create the initial configuration through a web interface. So my > question is should something like this be ported in a way that it merely > installs the source into, say, ${LOCAL_BASE} and then just prints > pkg-message with brief installation directions, or should it actually be > built during "make install"? I ask because I would think the latter is a > security concern to anyone who hasn't used the port before and may not be > keeping an eye on the build. > > Any and all comments appreciated! > > -David > > P.S. I'm sure I'll have a few more questions once this one's out of the > way. ;) > > -- > [root@fbsd ~]# fortune > Happiness is just an illusion, filled with sadness and confusion. > -- [root@fbsd ~]# fortune Happiness is just an illusion, filled with sadness and confusion. ------=_Part_20216_1728965.1150348256860--