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Date:      Thu, 12 Feb 2004 03:31:09 -0600
From:      "Brandon D. Valentine" <brandon@dvalentine.com>
To:        Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: patch: ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk:add-plist-docs
Message-ID:  <20040212093109.GH423@geekpunk.net>
In-Reply-To: <402B45B4.7090003@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20040212091114.GG423@geekpunk.net> <402B45B4.7090003@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:21:56AM +0100, Alex Dupre wrote:
> Brandon D. Valentine wrote:
> 
> >Now, all of the ports I've seen do this have a corresponding:
> >
> >    %%PORTDOCS%%@rmdir %%DOCSDIR%%
> >
> >or similiar in their pkg-plist.  If NOPORTDOCS is defined, then a
> >deinstall of these ports will complain about not being able to remove
> >DOCSDIR due to that line in the pkg-plist.
> 
> No, if you installed the port with -DNOPORTDOCS, pkg_deinstall will not 
> try to remove the DOCSDIR. The %%PORTDOCS%% macro will in fact be 
> substituted by "@comment ", like for the doc files.

Ah!  You're right.  I missed that.  Makes more sense now.  Thank you!

Brandon D. Valentine
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brandon@dvalentine.com                           http://www.geekpunk.net
Pseudo-Random Googlism:  february is african



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