Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:16:31 -0900 (AKST) From: rflynn@acsalaska.net To: "Doug Barton" <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com>, rflynn@acsalaska.net, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, marcus@freebsd.org, FreeBSD ports list <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What use is WWWDIR_REL? Message-ID: <2835.46.129.107.107.1328926591.squirrel@mymail.acsalaska.net> In-Reply-To: <4F35CC02.1090907@FreeBSD.org> References: <4F31EBE1.8040000@FreeBSD.org> <CACdU%2Bf9XKxk2yuMeMvJdJn8CuCPw3GMy7o044ocbVg4eYf-=zQ@mail.gmail.com> <4F35B2AC.7030501@FreeBSD.org> <20120211001720.GA97176@dormouse.experts-exchange.com> <4F35B5A1.6000309@FreeBSD.org> <2769.46.129.107.107.1328925432.squirrel@mymail.acsalaska.net> <4F35CC02.1090907@FreeBSD.org>
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> On 02/10/2012 17:57, rflynn@acsalaska.net wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>>>> Clearly I'm missing something then, because I don't see how they
>>>>> accomplish anything useful. Perhaps you can enlighten me? There is
>>>>> nothing in the CVS log that even mentions them, never mind why they were
>>>>> added (bad portmgr, no cookie!).
>>
>> In theory they're useful for:
>> post-install:
>> @(cd ${PREFIX} && foo-magic ${WWWDIR_REL} ${DATADIR_REL})
>>
>> But if this only happens in theory, there's no use in keeping it around.
>
> Did you see my original post in this thread?
Yep, easily fixable with substitution, as long as people use $PREFIX and not
$LOCALBASE - in other words doc problem and I agree with your original post.
-- Mel
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