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| author | asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-03-21 14:15:01 +0000 |
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| committer | asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-03-21 14:15:01 +0000 |
| commit | c56a2748b524615c62e8ce0f8acd20ec2168a0ae (patch) | |
| tree | 0db510864d0d13d1786469f14995f0047385fa3a /share | |
| parent | 6d0196f036971151d9364b27f12ebb17441e71b4 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-c56a2748b524615c62e8ce0f8acd20ec2168a0ae.zip FreeBSD-src-c56a2748b524615c62e8ce0f8acd20ec2168a0ae.tar.gz | |
Add comment about DIST_SUBDIR.
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diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml index 905e7e4..2b990f4 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.14 1996/03/06 09:04:43 asami Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.15 1996/03/06 09:45:04 asami Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect1><heading>Porting an existing piece of free software<label id="porting"></heading> @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ The pattern is the year followed by the month. # Date created: 5 December 1994 # Whom: asami # - # $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.14 1996/03/06 09:04:43 asami Exp $ + # $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.15 1996/03/06 09:45:04 asami Exp $ # DISTNAME= oneko-1.1b @@ -791,6 +791,28 @@ FETCH_DEPENDS= ncftp2:${PORTSDIR}/net/ncftp2 <tt>/etc/make.conf</tt>.) <sect3> + <heading>DIST_SUBDIR</heading> + <p>Don't let your port clutter <tt>/usr/ports/distfiles</tt>. If + your port requires a lot of files (including patchfiles) to be + fetched, or contains a file that has a name that might conflict + with other ports (e.g., `Makefile'), set + <tt>${DIST_SUBDIR}</tt> to the name of the port + (<tt>${PKGNAME}</tt> without the version part should work + fine). This will change <tt>${DISTDIR}</tt> from the + default <tt>/usr/ports/distfiles</tt> to + <tt>/usr/ports/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}</tt>, and in + effect puts everything that is required for your port into that + subdirectory. + + <p>It will also look at the subdirectory with the same name on the + backup master site at <tt>ftp.freebsd.org</tt>. (Setting + <tt>${DISTDIR}</tt> explicitly in your Makefile will not + accomplish this, so please use <tt>${DIST_SUBDIR}</tt>.) + + <p>Note this does not affect the <tt>${MASTER_SITES}</tt> + you define in your Makefile. + + <sect3> <heading>Custom utilities</heading> <p>Don't rely on custom utilities in your local configure script or anything -- they may not be there on the user's @@ -936,7 +958,7 @@ lib/libtcl.so.7.3 person who wrote this Makefile] # Whom: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> # - # $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.14 1996/03/06 09:04:43 asami Exp $ + # $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.15 1996/03/06 09:45:04 asami Exp $ [ ^^^^ don't worry about this...it will be automatically filled in by CVS when it is committed to our repository] # |
