Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:40:34 +1100 From: SAMUEL ISAAC LAWRANCE <samuel.lawrance@studentmail.newcastle.edu.au> To: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NO_INSTALL_MANPAGES Message-ID: <48f992490a1b.490a1b48f992@studentmail.newcastle.edu.au>
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----- Original Message ----- From: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> Date: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:26 pm Subject: NO_INSTALL_MANPAGES > I'm trying to build ports without any documentation and seem to be > tripping over my feet. > > I read through /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk and as I understand, > these > variables defined on the command line should negate this behavior: > > NO_INSTALL_MANPAGES > NOPORTDOCS > > I've been testing this with the cyrus-sasl2 port - I'm installing > it to > a different location. I end up with a full tree of "man" > directories, > info, et al. > > How can I avoid this? I presume I've missed another variable or > two.... Not all ports obey these knobs. Regarding the full tree of directories that are created - this is normal behaviour. The mtree files in /etc/mtree are used to create a standard directory hierarchy where the port is installed.
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