Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 19:47:53 -0000 (GMT) From: Duncan Barclay <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk> To: Tom Hukins <tom@eborcom.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggestion for "Making a port yourself" in the Handbook Message-ID: <XFMail.990106194753.dmlb@computer.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <19990106173956.B16925@eborcom.com>
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On 06-Jan-99 Tom Hukins wrote: > On Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 04:17:51PM -0000, Duncan Barclay wrote: >> >> On 29-Dec-98 Tom Hukins wrote: >> > >> > I didn't like the idea of building a packing list by hand, so I >> > figured out a way of creating packing lists semi-automatically. >> > There is currently no mention of any such technique in the handbook, >> > so I suggest this (or something better) is included: >> > >> > Creating a packing list manually can be a very tedious task. It is >> > often best to create the PLIST file using the "find" program. >> >> Extracted from my mega-make files (http://www.ragnet.demon.co.uk/remake/), >> same idea just does a little more: > > [extract snipped] > > I had a quick look at your Web site. Your system seems comprehensive > and powerful, but I couldn't figure out how to use this quickly and > easily. If the Handbook describes how to build a PLIST, it should do > so in a way which doesn't require lots of fiddling around. Yeah, my make stuff is a bit more than just build a PLIST. > Of course, if you can describe how to use your mega-make files > easily, that's great, but I'm not sure I'd be able to! Neither do I any more! If you want to use it for something drop me a line and I will write some documentation and clean it up a little. > So, if nobody objects, I'll send-pr something along the lines of my > original suggestion for inclusion in the Handbook. Sure no problem, I would like to suggest that the two pass find that I do is helpful. It seperates collecting files and directories so that the @dirrm stuff works a bit better. Duncan --- ________________________________________________________________________ Duncan Barclay | God smiles upon the little children, dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk | the alcoholics, and the permanently stoned. ________________________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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