Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:01:21 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [SOLVED] PORTDOCS strangeness Message-ID: <AANLkTind0Krj52Lu=-336Zpj6dCxcZgX2My%2BinHh85HQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimrkxyicYR2TFgJSm7ptmTBRDuj2NpNfWr-emfJ@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimrkxyicYR2TFgJSm7ptmTBRDuj2NpNfWr-emfJ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 30 March 2011 21:00, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm updating castor to the new version (thanks for the email
> Portscout!), and I've decided to add in docs option.
>
> However... when I set PORTDOCS= * as normal, on deinstall it complains
> about being unable to remove ${DOCSDIR}, yet it has been deleted.
>
> I've looked in +CONTENTS after installing it, and sure enough there's
> a @dirrm share/doc/castor. What 'gotchas' are there with PORTDOCS?
>
> It installs ~70 docfiles, so I was hoping not to have to list it in
> pkg-plist, for the sake of space if anything else!
After some kind advice from b.f., I've tracked it down (I think).
As far as I can see, you can't use PORTDOCS= * when there are
directories inside ${DOCSDIR}, for some reason.
I haven't dug in, but I refined my wildcard a little, and now no complaints.
Chris
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