Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:02:49 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running a script during port build Message-ID: <20041126200249.72a15592@dolphin.local.net> In-Reply-To: <20041127003619.GA55288@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20041126181834.4a8ef9ad@dolphin.local.net> <20041127003619.GA55288@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:36:19 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 06:18:34PM -0600, Conrad J. Sabatier 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?
>
> You have to call it yourself at the appropriate time..see other ports
> for examples.
>
> Kris
>
OK, I finally figured out how to do it. :-)
Calling scripts/foo ${DISTDIR} ${WRKSRC} and handling the arguments in
the script did the trick.
Thanks.
--
Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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