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Date:      Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:24:42 -0600
From:      "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Running a script during port build
Message-ID:  <20041126182442.78562dc9@dolphin.local.net>
In-Reply-To: <20041126181834.4a8ef9ad@dolphin.local.net>
References:  <20041126181834.4a8ef9ad@dolphin.local.net>

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On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:18:34 -0600, "Conrad J. Sabatier"
<conrads@cox.net> 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?
> 
> Thanks.

I should add that the reason I'm asking is because I tried simply
invoking the script from the Makefile, but none of the port environment
variables (such as $DISTDIR, etc.) are exported to the script.

What's the preferred way of doing this?

-- 
Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"



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