Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 00:46:19 -0400 (EDT) From: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opinions of port vs package please Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960805004525.26210A-100000@bdd.net> In-Reply-To: <7465.839220104@time.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> There's one easy solution, though you probably won't like it. :-)
Hmm. Evidently some usage of the work 'easy' that I wasn't previously
aware of. 8-)
>
> Override the fake-pkg target in your ports Makefile and have it
> synthesize a PLIST rather than using the pkg/PLIST file. You could
> even make it an easier task to use just _part_ of the pkg/PLIST file
> (for all the invariant pieces) by surrounding those parts with
> `@comment <sometoken>' lines. Then you just append entries for each
> binary you've selected to install and whap the results into
> ${PKG_DBDIR}/${PKGNAME}/PLIST directly. Voila. Problem solved.
Thanks. I'll give it a shot.
--
j.
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