Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 00:12:00 +0300 (MSK) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: Wesley Shields <wxs@atarininja.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: files to be checked on meta-ports Message-ID: <20070103000824.Y28172@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <20070102194013.GB95902@atarininja.org> References: <20070102215813.Y12293@woozle.rinet.ru> <20070102194013.GB95902@atarininja.org>
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On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Wesley Shields wrote:
WS> > For some time I use local meta-ports referring different sets of useful ports.
WS> > Most of the time, this works well; the only exception is meta-ports which do
WS> > not install own files.
WS> >
WS> > I thought about refering /var/db/pkg/pkgname/ files, but this seems
WS> > unscalable due to constant path changes.
WS> >
WS> > Your thoughts?
WS>
WS> I don't know if it's acceptable to look there but you can always use
WS> ${PKG_DBDIR}/${PORTNAME} to get /var/db/pkg/portname (by default). I'm
WS> not sure I understand the "constant path changes" you mention.
Errm, this refers to current port, not to the dependency (say, my
misc/ws-preferred wants to install x11/xorg)
WS> I think what you really want is mentioned at the bottom of:
WS>
WS> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-depend.html#AEN2226
If you refer to (currently) 5.7.10, then it's now what we want: dependent port
will be rebuilt unconditionally, and in installation phase would fail on
"already installed" error...
Sincerely,
D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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