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From: Tom Hukins <tom@FreeBSD.org>
To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
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Subject: Re: NOPORTDOCS and make package
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On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 07:33:00PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> 
> Put %%PORTDOCS%% before each file which is installed conditionally
> depending on the NOPORTDOCS knob.  Look at e.g. ftp/pure-ftpd for
> an example.

This isn't mentioned in the Porter's Handbook.  If nobody objects to
the patch I'm sending with this message, I'll apply it in the next few
days.

Thanks,
Tom

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--- book.sgml.was	Sun Aug 26 07:25:23 2001
+++ book.sgml	Sun Aug 26 16:15:31 2001
@@ -3251,10 +3251,13 @@
         ${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/docs/xvdocs.ps ${PREFIX}/share/doc/xv
 .endif</programlisting>
 
-        <para>Do not forget to add them to <filename>pkg-plist</filename> too.
-          (Do not worry about <makevar>NOPORTDOCS</makevar> here; there is
-          currently no way for the packages to read variables from
-          <filename>/etc/make.conf</filename>.)</para>
+	<para>Documentation should be included in
+	  <filename>pkg-plist</filename> with the
+	  <literal>%%NOPORTDOCS%%</literal> prefix, for
+	  example:</para>
+
+	<programlisting>%%PORTDOCS%%share/doc/pure-ftpd/AUTHORS
+%%PORTDOCS%%share/doc/pure-ftpd/CONTACT</programlisting>
 
         <para>You can also use the <filename>pkg-message</filename> file to
           display messages upon installation.  See the <link

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