Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:47:28 +0100 From: Julien Laffaye <jlaffaye@freebsd.org> To: Martin Kropfinger <freebsd@rakor-net.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to handle config files Message-ID: <4F09AC80.3020905@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20120108135933.51867668@rakor-net.de> References: <20120108135933.51867668@rakor-net.de>
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On 1/8/2012 1:59 PM, Martin Kropfinger wrote: > Hi there! > > The porters handbook describes a way to handle config files: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/plist-config.html > > It is recommended to do it this way for keeping changed files after > deinstallation on the system. But the example is not really clear to me. > > What does this line do: > @exec if [ ! -f %D/etc/orbit.conf ] ; then cp -p %D/%F %B/orbit.conf; fi > > Nothing is said about those variables... %D (which seems to be > %%PREFIX%%) and %F or %B. Have a look at pkg_create(1) manpage ;) > Can anyone give me some help? > > Thanx a lot!
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