Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 10:17:12 +0300 From: Alex Kapranoff <kappa@antar.bryansk.ru> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Absolute paths in PLIST Message-ID: <20001124101711.D81183@zombie.antar.bryansk.ru> In-Reply-To: <20001123231125.A42003@citusc17.usc.edu>; from kris@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 11:11:25PM -0800 References: <20001123140616.A15984@zombie.antar.bryansk.ru> <20001123135518.A36673@citusc17.usc.edu> <20001124095727.A81183@zombie.antar.bryansk.ru> <20001123231125.A42003@citusc17.usc.edu>
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On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 11:11:25PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > It installs a file under /etc. How can I specify such a file > > > > in pkg-plist for it to be removed when deinstalling the port? > > > > > > Does the binary itself do the installing, or can you install the files > > > using a do-install: target in the makefile? Obviously having the port > > > follow hier(7) is vastly preferred here. > > > > Yes, I can install the files wherever I want, but the binary will > > hardly look for the files there. > > It doesn't let you specify an alternate config file on the command line? No, it doesn't. But I've just succeeded at removing the files under consideration from /etc completely without breaking the app :) I'm going to recompose the do-install target therefore. -- Alex Kapranoff, +7(0832)791845 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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