Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 14:13:51 -0700 (MST) From: chad@anasazi.com (Chad R. Larson) To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: documentation suggestion Message-ID: <9703272113.AA10220@chad.anasazi.com> In-Reply-To: <9876.859449654@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Mar 27, 97 00:00:54 am
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> > Silly me. I took the word "override" in the man page literally. I
> > quote:
> >
> > @srcdir directory
> > Sets the internal directory pointer for _creation only_ to directory.
> > That is to say that it overrides @cwd for package creation but
> > not extraction.
> >
> > How about instead for the second sentence to read "Works just like @cwd
> > except it is ignored during extraction."
>
> Uh, but it's correct. :-)
>
> @srcdir really does override, that is to say overlay, @cwd. The two
> values can exist independantly of one another and @srcdir is only
> preferred if seen during creation, after that the @cwd variable
> takes precedence.
>
> Jordan
>
But look at my first cut (the one that didn't work). Up near the top I
had a @srcdir that pointed to the dirctory (/usr/local/src/ediff) where
the development of the package was taking place. I expected that to
take precedence ("override") during the creation process. But the
subsequent @cwd statements (to /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/man) still
caused a "-C" switch to be shoved down the pipe to tar. I ended up
having to cover each @cwd with another @srcdir, and in that order.
An understandable behavior, having read the code. But not what I read
the man page to say. I'm suggesting verbage in the man page to clarify
the behavior. That is, that @srcdir is ignored during extraction and
acted upon during creation, but that @cwd is acted upon both times.
-crl
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