Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 10:34:30 -0700 (PDT) From: papowell@astart.com To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: A possible flaw and headache in the PORTS philosophy Message-ID: <200005301734.KAA02193@h4.private>
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Summary:
You need a way at PACKAGE generation time to tell the package
creation stuff to put some 'postinstall files' into the package.
You need a way at PACKAGE install time to tell the POST script
that the files are located at a specific location.
You need a way at PACKAGE removal time to tell the PACKAGE stuff
that the 'postinstall files' are to be ignored and not to
indicate an error if they cannot be found/removed.
Background:
I am putting up the LPRng print spooler in a package for FreeBSD.
There are two parts to this: the ports Makefile that will reside
in (on?) /usr/ports/.../LPRng/Makefile and be used to compile
and install the LPRng package from source, and a package that
you can use: pkg_add LPRng-version.tgz
Being the anal retentive person that I am, I want to TEST the
installation automagically, both for the ports_from_source and
the pkg_add stuff.
The problem I am encountering is that the current set of package
targets/support in the Makefile do not lend themselves to packages
that require 'transient' files to be put into a package, and then
to be installed by the POST package script.
Here is an example. The LPRng software uses a couple of configuration
files, /etc/printcap, /etc/lpd.conf, /etc/lpd.perms which MUST
be put into these locations, but only if the original files are not
present. This (can be? should be?) done by creating some 'prototype'
files for package use, and then when you run 'pkg_add' have the POST
script in the package move them to the appropriate locations.
Question 1:
There does not appear to be a facility to inform the pkg_create
facility that there are a set of files that are 'temporary', and
need to be placed in the package. The packinglist '@ignore' facility
might be useful, but there is no documentation or explanations
of where or how to use it. Same for the '@ignore_inst'
directive.
Question 2:
You need to put these files that you want in place in the locations
where you want them for the package. This should be done 'before'
you do the actual package work. A 'pre-package' target in the Makefile
would be VERY useful for this purpose.
Question 3:
How do you tell the package stuff to ignore files if they are
not there (i.e. - Question 1 and Question 2). Or does the '@ignore'
take care of this?
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies,
papowell@astart.com 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D,
Network and System San Diego, CA 92123
Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424
LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.astart.com)
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