Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 16:27:07 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Automatic ports Makefile generator? Message-ID: <199608021427.QAA15279@grumble.grondar.za>
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Hi
I hit DELETE too quickly, so I've lost the message to REPLY to.
Jordan, you mentioned a "proof-of-concept"? I have had an idea for a while
that may help newbies. It is a automatic version of the way I make ports.
\begin{dream}
grumble $ tar xzf hello-1.3.tar.gz
grumble $ cd hello-1.3
grumble $ <hack/slash/debug/etc...>
grumble $ cd ..
grumble $ makeport
Makeport - 0.1-ALPHA
what is the name of your port? hello-1.3
directory hello-1.3 found OK
file hello-1.3.tar.gz found OK
untarrring hello-1.3.tar.gz............OK
creating diff.....OK
removing original sources.
Q&A Time!
Does your port need GNU make? n
Does your port need imake? n
Does your port have its own "configure" script? y
What is it called? (hit ENTER) for "configure"
Does the configure script need any command line arguments? y
What are they? --foo --bar
does your port depend on any other software? y
what is its package name? foo-1.0
ERROR foo-1.0 not found!
does your port depend on any other software? n
etc...
OK - generating Makefile
OK - making directories
OK - making checksum
OK - done!
Please test this port, and if all seems ok, submit it! As this is
ALPHA softtware, you are well advised not to trust it, and read the
generated files!
\end{dream}
I could come up with a proof of concept in a few days, if anyone
is interested.
M
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