Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:25:14 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Matt Dawson <matt@chronos.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port Makefiles and the MANPREFIX macro Message-ID: <20060915062514.GA89551@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200609150722.15348.matt@chronos.org.uk> References: <20060914120055.2F90616A64E@hub.freebsd.org> <200609150722.15348.matt@chronos.org.uk>
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On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 07:22:15AM +0100, Matt Dawson wrote:
> Hi all,
> Currently doing battle with some port updates and I have come across a=
=20
> strange problem. It's probably my fault, but some guidance would be=20
> appreciated.
>=20
> Three of the ports I maintain have decided that the man pages belong in=
=20
> ${PREFIX}/share/man/man(n). Now, reading the Porter's Handbook, it appear=
s=20
> this is exactly what the MAN[n]PREFIX macro is for, and sure enough after=
=20
> removing the man page from pkg-plist and telling the Makefile about it, t=
he=20
> ports system compresses the resultant man page in its new location. So fa=
r so=20
> good.
>=20
> However, on deinstall, if appeand two lots of ${PREFIX} when trying to re=
move=20
> the man page. For example, grig installs a man page=20
> to /usr/local/share/man/man1/grig.1 (for a ${PREFIX} of /usr/local). The=
=20
> deinstall routine trys to delete grig.1.gz=20
> from /usr/local/share//usr/local/share/man/man1, which is just a little=
=20
> crazy. Note the two slashes between the two iterations of the MANPREFIX.
>=20
> Any clues, folks? I'd like to get these updates in before the ports tree =
is=20
> frozen for 6.2 if at all possible.
Don't include MANPREFIX=3D${PREFIX}... since it's apparently being used
as ${PREFIX}${MANPREFIX}; you could confirm this by reading
bsd.port.mk.
Kris
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