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Date:      15 Sep 2002 13:18:53 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Where to put binaries of a port
Message-ID:  <444rcrrx1e.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <3D83A5C5.51CCCA0C@cs.umu.se>
References:  <3D83A5C5.51CCCA0C@cs.umu.se>

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Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> writes:

> I'm trying to make a port follow the FreeBSD
> standard, where to put installed files, which
> is a bit hard, as I'm a bit uncertain of the
> standard.

That's what the porter's handbook is for.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html

> The port have both an X11 binary, and a non-
> X11 binary. The X11 binary is optional, and
> only should be installed if X11 is installed.
> The other binary should always be installed.

This is typically done with separate ports, but I actually like your approach.

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