Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:07:53 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running a script during port build Message-ID: <20041127130753.57a30926@dolphin.local.net> In-Reply-To: <41A84E74.9010809@xbsd.org> References: <20041126181834.4a8ef9ad@dolphin.local.net> <20041126182442.78562dc9@dolphin.local.net> <41A84E74.9010809@xbsd.org>
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On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 10:52:52 +0100, Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org>
wrote:
> Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:18:34 -0600, "Conrad J. Sabatier"
> > <conrads@cox.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>I'm trying to get a script to run as part of an update to
> >>games/gnuchess (to optionally create the opening book for gnuchess).
> >>
> >>I've placed the script under games/gnuchess/scripts as
> >>"pre-install", but it never seems to be getting invoked.
> >>
> >>Has the use of a scripts dir for ports been deprecated? If not,
> >>what does it take to get the script to actually be run?
> >
> > I should add that the reason I'm asking is because I tried simply
> > invoking the script from the Makefile, but none of the port
> > environment variables (such as $DISTDIR, etc.) are exported to the
> > script.
> >
> > What's the preferred way of doing this?
>
> I think you should look at ${SCRIPTS_ENV}.
>
> There's a lot of ports using this, net/gnu-radius seems to be a
> good example for what you're trying to do.
Thanks. Actually, I already worked out another (perhaps less "correct")
way of doing this, and already submitted a send-pr for the update to the
port, but I'll still look at this for future reference.
This seems to be one glaring deficiency in the Porter's Handbook, by the
way. I couldn't find any references at all to using scripts in a port.
--
Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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