Date: Wed, 01 May 2013 08:51:53 -0400 From: Joe <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Jake Smith <jake@xz.cx> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Correct way to install preprocessed man pages Message-ID: <51810FE9.3070607@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <703c644821753b62e163bba70643a2d9@m.xz.cx> References: <703c644821753b62e163bba70643a2d9@m.xz.cx>
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Jake Smith wrote: > Hi all, > > I am putting a new port together, but the source for the man pages is > not provided in the source tar for the package (and I can't find a > public repo). Instead only the "preprocessed" version is included. > > What is the correct way to install these man pages? Using INSTALL_MAN to > drop them in man/manX obviously causes formatting oddities, so should > they go in man/catX? I can see some other ports do this, but it seems a > bit hacky as the MAN[1-9] variables cannot be used and the man pages > will have to be listed in pkg_plist. > > Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated! > > Jake > Open a project at www.sourceforge.net Put your port source plus the man page source IE: name.8 into a directory and tar it up. Add that tar file to your sourceforge projects files. It well become the source your port Makefile downloads and the Makefile INSTALL_MAN routine will then have stuff to work on. Good luck and welcome to the Freebsd ports system.
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