From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Aug 17 14:39:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA26163 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:39:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA26135 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:39:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA033986097; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 16:34:57 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 16:34:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola To: Guy Helmer Cc: Tim Vanderhoek , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/7642: New port: xataxx-1.0 In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Guy Helmer wrote: > How does one handle the case where a manpage needs to be linked to another > name? Say a package has a page "foo.1", which needs to be linked to > "foobar.1.gz" after it has been installed and compressed? There must be > an existing port that does a similar thing... unless I'm missing your point post-install: ${LN} -sf ${PREFIX}/man1/foo.1.gz ${PREFIX}/man1/foobar.1.gz and then you would include foobar.1.gz in the plist, I guess. - bill fumerola [root/billf]@chc-chimes.com - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800)252.2421 x128 / bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - BF1560 - "Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities" -Lord Dunsany To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message