Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:18:29 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dynamic plists Message-ID: <4BCFEA35.8070109@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <x2ub025ceb71004211645lf30a0fb9o5cebd612c3a28527@mail.gmail.com> References: <x2ub025ceb71004211645lf30a0fb9o5cebd612c3a28527@mail.gmail.com>
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On 22/04/2010 01:45, Rob Farmer wrote:
> I maintain math/scilab and am preparing to update it. This port has a
> huge plist (slightly under 15000 lines), hundreds of which change
> depending on what options are selected. It is a bit of a pain to
> update. The porters handbook makes vague reference to dynamic plists -
> so I was wondering, would this be a good idea? And if so, what is the
> best way to make one?
You normally base it on the output of
${FIND} -s PATH -type f
${FIND} -d PATH -type d | ${SED} 's,^,@dirrm ,'
Of course there's normally more to it, but that's the basic principle.
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