Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 09:15:35 -0500 From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org> To: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Linux ports tutorial? WPS Office Message-ID: <a7d7de70-c877-2cca-2994-e000df477e3e@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CALM2mEnXpB5swZe2=UShtn8-KSbCUM97xCJpwA0YAsLnmhpzgg@mail.gmail.com> References: <73820d5ad4436c73fe47d0b35a112cf5@udns.ultimatedns.net> <2ca3551a-db23-1c17-2035-c67494f8f542@FreeBSD.org> <CALM2mEnXpB5swZe2=UShtn8-KSbCUM97xCJpwA0YAsLnmhpzgg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/13/17 22:31, blubee blubeeme wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org > <mailto:pfg@freebsd.org>> wrote: > > Hello; > > > On 13/12/2017 21:11, Chris H wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 19:56:24 -0500 "Pedro Giffuni" > <pfg@FreeBSD.org> said > > On 12/10/17 14:55, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > > 11.12.2017 2:22, Pedro Giffuni пишет: > >> Hello guys; > >> > >> I would like to attempt a port for WPS Office (AKA > Kingsoft Office): > >> > >> http://wps-community.org/ > >> > >> Are there guidelines for linux ports? I couldn't find > much details in the > > handbook. > >> > >> In particular, how do you handle when the pkg-plist is > different for i386 > > and amd64? > >> > >> Some ports use pkg-plist.${ARCH} but I don't know how > those work. > > Just have "USES=linux", "USE_LINUX_RPM=yes" and make > these two files > > pkg-plist.i386 and pkg-plist.amd64 > > and they are used automatically. Or you could duplicate > a magic from > > /ports/Mk/Uses/linux.mk <http://linux.mk>; in your Makefile: > > > > PLIST?= ${PKGDIR}/pkg-plist.${LINUX_ARCH:S/x86_64/amd64/} > > > > For details, read Porter's Handbook: > > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/ > <https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/>; > > > > The handbook has no information about "USE_LINUX_RPM=yes". > If I set that it appears the ports framework will ignore > MASTER_SITES. > > Should I dig into the MK framework to see how to change > the repository or should I use the .tar.xz distribution > instead? :(. > > I'm not sure. But would having a look at the way > emulators/linux_base-c(6|7) > provide some clues? > > > Not really but I think I found something in Mk/Uses/linux.mk > <http://linux.mk>: > > For the case of USE_LINUX_RPM it is supposed to not do anything > when MASTER_SITES is defined but it is somewhat messy, and somehow > it always uses ${MASTER_SITE_CENTOS_LINUX}. Any port that uses RPM > but not the Centos repositories? > > Just a thought, and hope it helps! > > Thanks, I just have to keep digging :(. > > Pedro. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> > mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>; > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > > > The linux packaging is okay but I'd recommend learning how the porting > process and not just wrapping up a linux binary in FreeBSD. > Well ... of course if I had the source code I would not be dealing RPMs for the linuxulator. Software can be free but not include source code. It can still be desirable for FreeBSD. > The main reason for that is you can port your way into a corner that > relies on very Linux specific stuff that there's just no solution for > yet nor will there be one unless you port the entire Linux kernel to > FreeBSD. > Which is why we have a linuxulator. Pedro.
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