Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:19:22 -0800 From: Michael <mharo@area51.fremont.ca.us> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PLIST verification script? Message-ID: <199902250019.QAA26832@area51.fremont.ca.us> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:10:12 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902241708141.320-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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Chuck Robey writes:
>> > Hi, I was wondering if someone had written a script to verify that everyth
>ing
>> > a port installs was mentioned in the pkg/PLIST file or possibly even helpe
>d
>> > to create/update that file. Maybe this could be added to a future version
>> > of portlint?
>>
>> I don't think there is a tool which does this. I've thrown some
>> ideas together in PR docs/9375 as a patch to the Handbook which you
>> might find useful.
>>
>> My patch, and OpenBSD's "plist" target in its bsd.port.mk, might be
>> a useful starting point for anyone wanting to write such a script.
>
>I think, in order to do this, you have to have enough room for a
>chroot'ed environment. I usually just capture the entire listing of the
>port's install run, and (comparing it against the port's makefile to
>catch stuff that had "@" inserted in front of it) do a careful
>comparison. I've never been caught out yet, although it takes a while
>for some huge ports.
Maybe adding something like this would be useful to add to bsd.port.mk.
Have it show what the port actually installed/changed before creating a PLIST
file. Manual intervention would probably still be a good thing as parts
of the PLIST file are added by the Makefile (MAN stuff).
FIND?= /usr/bin/find
DIFF?= /usr/bin/diff
before-install: build
${FIND} ${PREFIX} | ${SED} -e "s#${PREFIX}##" > ${WRKDIR}/prefix-before
after-install: install
${FIND} ${PREFIX} | ${SED} -e "s#${PREFIX}##" > ${WRKDIR}/prefix-after
${DIFF} -U 1 ${WRKDIR}/prefix-pre ${WRKDIR}/prefix-post \
| ${GREP} '^+' | ${SED} -e "s#^+/##"
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