On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:29:18 -0300Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:41:45 +0300, Jesse Smith wrote: > Thanks to everyone who replied. There were some good points made all > around. Let's say that I do decide to go with the idea of making the > Data files a separate port. How do I tell the Ports system not to try to > build the data file and instead just install the files to a location of > my choosing? Usually a project's Makefile decides what gets built and > where items go, but data packages are... dumb, they're just files. My > thought is to create a patch which adds a Makefile to the "work" > directory after the archive is untarred, which would handle the "make" > and "make install" commands.
from bsd.port.mk: # NO_BUILD - Use a dummy (do-nothing) build target. # NO_INSTALL - Use a dummy (do-nothing) install target. COPYTREE_SHARE macro which copies the directory entire with its subtree and sets correct permissions can be useful for your port as well. Max _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
