Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:00:22 GMT From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/114731: [patch] no mention of PORT_DBDIR in ports(7) Message-ID: <200708221600.l7MG0Mbw089167@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/114731; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/114731: [patch] no mention of PORT_DBDIR in ports(7) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:58:31 +0100 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Gabor Kovesdan wrote: > And what about PKG_DBDIR? And LOCALBASE, LINUXBASE? All of those can be > changed and there are a lot of other variables for fine-tuning. The > question is that should we collect and document all of those or draw a > line somewhere? If so, where? Well, yes. Ideally all of the variables that a user can set to affect the behaviour of the common shared Makefiles in /usr/ports/Mk will be documented somewhere. Of the ones you mention, PKG_DBDIR is described in pkg_info(1). LOCALBASE and LINUXBASE are covered in The Porter's Handbook. However, I couldn't find anywhere where PORT_DBDIR was described other than the contents of /usr/ports/Mk, and it seems to me the natural place to document it is in ports(7). Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGzF0n8Mjk52CukIwRCDKRAJ49DBHBOiX6lGCxo+2zumXeP+VYGgCfchIU i3rJcUyWrRfmrf8GUa/e70M= =1dVe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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