Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:12:42 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to install a port without install: in the Makefile Message-ID: <497A16AA.3060505@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <a01628140901230804u5768ab72pf2b2aac75888bb6f@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90901191200n66f37c76k749ebbb829378cb9@mail.gmail.com> <a01628140901230147y2be65b4eu66e7250f4d078c45@mail.gmail.com> <op.un7nnoz79aq2h7@localhost> <200901231622.53940.makc@issp.ac.ru> <a01628140901230619n4e385d74sf0079b8214f70cce@mail.gmail.com> <539c60b90901230746o5a7dc2b5g735f17837de1480a@mail.gmail.com> <a01628140901230804u5768ab72pf2b2aac75888bb6f@mail.gmail.com>
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Florent Thoumie wrote:
> It's not about installing files but rather registering them.
> PLIST_FILES/PLIST_DIRS is just a way to replace pkg-plist, for wrong
> reasons.
I respectfully disagree my friend. :) There was a time back when
disks were a lot smaller that saving inodes was a noble thing.
Nowadays (for the most part) that is not really a consideration, but
personally I still find it convenient to list as much as possible in
the Makefile. It saves cvs churn in any case.
Doug
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