From owner-freebsd-ports Tue May 8 9:30:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from rafiu.psi-domain.co.uk (rafiu.psi-domain.co.uk [212.87.84.199]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59A3437B422 for ; Tue, 8 May 2001 09:30:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk) Received: from smtp.psi-domain.co.uk (mail.trident-uk.co.uk [195.166.16.10]) by rafiu.psi-domain.co.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id 763B3402EC7 for ; Tue, 8 May 2001 17:25:39 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:28:56 +0100 From: Jamie Heckford To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Running a shell script in a port Message-ID: <20010508182856.C1190@storm.psi-domain.co.uk> Reply-To: heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Balsa 1.1.1 Lines: 34 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, I am writing a port that does not install an application/binary/script anywhere, instead I need it to run a shell script to update different system files to add functionality (for example, /etc/aliases). How do I do this, execute a file as the installation process instead of installing something? I have read the porters handbook but can't find any obvious reference to this... Any help appreciated -- Jamie Heckford Network Operations Manager Psi-Domain - Innovative Linux Solutions. Ask Us How. FreeBSD - The power to serve Join our mailing list and stay informed by emailing majordomo@psi-domain.co.uk with the line: subscribe collective ===================================== email: heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk web: http://www.psi-domain.co.uk/ tel: +44 (0)1737 789 246 fax: +44 (0)1737 789 245 mobile: +44 (0)7866 724 224 ===================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message