Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 11:20:45 +0100 From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: alane@geeksrus.net, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wannabee porter in the poo Message-ID: <20020309112045.34354145.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20020309191436.B84857@welearn.com.au> References: <20020309003638.A84857@welearn.com.au> <200203081414.g28EEHk80378@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20020309191436.B84857@welearn.com.au>
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On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 19:14:36 +1100 Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> wrote:
> Thanks for the many tips, I'm now well on the way.
> After abandoning man pages for now and emphasising the supplied docs
> instead, just one more question should see me through.
>
> On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 09:14:16AM -0500, Alan E wrote:
> > On Friday 08 March 2002 08:36, you wrote:
> >
> > > Converting makefile:
> > > The makefile that comes with the sources is in DOS text
> > > format (CR/LF), and the notes warn that it needs to be
> > > changed over before compiling to avoid errors.
> > > It produces the most astonishing patch you've ever seen :-)
> > > How should I really be tackling this one?
> > >
> >
> > IMO, in the pre-patch target:
> >
> > pre-patch:
> > ${MV} ${WRKSRC}/Makefile ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.dos
> > ${TR} -d '\r' < ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.dos > ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
> >
> > The reason I say pre-patch, not post-patch, is that you will likely need to
> > apply a patch to the Makefile as well, and wouldn't you rather work on it
> > after that conversion is over and done with?
>
> Surprise surprise :-) I have the same file format problem with the text
> files I'm installing with ${INSTALL_MAN}. Should I convert them
> in the work dir first, and if so, where in the makefile should
> that command go?
i'd say pre-patch.
something like
pre-patch:
..for f in ${DOSFILES}
@${PERL} -i.dos -e 's/\r//' ${WRKSRC}/$f
..endfor
or, if you got only dos files and lots of them:
pre-patch:
@${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -type f | ${XARGS} \
${PERL} -i.dos -e 's/\r//'
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