Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 16:51:04 +0100 From: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Writing a port that simply installs a bunch of files Message-ID: <20170306165104.51c4f071@bsd64.grem.de> In-Reply-To: <5e3354dc-b597-7622-dbae-07d4119d1b7a@netfence.it> References: <66d50818-f00e-9033-4c93-f159c38d04ba@netfence.it> <32660472-60AF-47C0-861C-023BAFC39C3D@grem.de> <5e3354dc-b597-7622-dbae-07d4119d1b7a@netfence.it>
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On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 16:02:05 +0100
Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> wrote:
> On 03/06/17 12:50, Michael Gmelin wrote:
>
> > Yes, that's possible, see sysutils/bhyve-rc[0] for an example how
> > to do it.
>
> Thanks for your answer: an example is really welcome.
>
> However, I might be dumb, but that does not fully cover what I was
> looking for.
>
> I see sysutils/bhyve-rc uses USE_RC_SUBR in order to install its only
> file, but that's specific to rc.d scripts.
> Suppose I want a mean to install generic files, should I use
> SUB_FILES?
>
> The first problem I encounter, then, is with subdirectories.
> Suppose I want to install /usr/local/a/b/c.txt, I would use
> "SUB_FILES=a/b/c.txt" and provide files/a/b/c.txt.in.
> However, I'll get:
> > cannot create /usr/ports/misc/xxx/work/a/b/c.txt: No such file or
> > directory
>
> I've also tried "SUB_FILES=${WRKSRC}/a/b/c.txt", but then make will
> say:
> > **
> > Missing /usr/ports/misc/xxx/files//usr/ports/misc/xxx/work/xxx-y/a/b/c.txt.in
> > for xxx-y.
>
>
> Am I missing something obvious?
>
What about something like this (your files are in files/input.tgz)?
# $FreeBSD: #
PORTNAME= testport
PORTVERSION= 1.0
CATEGORIES= sysutils
MASTER_SITES= # none
DISTFILES= # none
EXTRACT_ONLY= # none
MAINTAINER= you@example.org
COMMENT= Blablabla
NO_WRKSUBDIR= yes
NO_BUILD= yes
NO_INSTALL= yes
post-install:
@${TAR} -xf ${FILESDIR}/input.tgz -C ${STAGEDIR}
@${FIND} ${STAGEDIR} -type f | ${SED} "s|${STAGEDIR}||" >>
${TMPPLIST}
.include <bsd.port.mk>
--
Michael Gmelin
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