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From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To: Tom Hukins <tom@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: NOPORTDOCS and make package
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On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 04:18:58PM +0100, Tom Hukins wrote:
> 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.

Looks good!

G'luck,
Peter

-- 
This sentence claims to be an Epimenides paradox, but it is lying.

> --- 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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