Quoth Joe on Monday, 19 July 2010: > Matthew Seaman wrote: > >On 18/07/2010 10:56:42, Joe wrote: > > > >>After getting my port ready for submitting to the ports system, I read > >>the above section from the porters handbook and come to a show stopper. > >> > >>I can not figure out just what the author was trying to say with > >>"output of shar `find port_dir`" > >> > >>Can someone explain how the shar command is intended to be used to > >>create the file that gets send with the [new port] pr? > > > >Suppose you have called your new port "splat", and you have therefore a > >directory ~/splat containing the port Makefile, distinfo, pkg-descr, > >etc. Then what you need to do is run exactly this: > > > > % cd ~ > > % shar `find splat` > splat.shar > > > >Note the special `backticks` -- they're important. > > > >What this does is -- > > > > * Runs the command: find splat > > This will print out a list of all the file and directory names > > under the directory splat. > > * Takes that list and turns it into part of the command line for > > shar. > > * Runs shar over all the files and directories found by find. > > > >Now, just attach that splat.shar file to the PR (send-pr -a splat.shar) > >as the final step in submitting your new port. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Matthew > > This needs to be in the handbook. How is anybody going to know that the > `find port_dir` is suppose to be enclosed by [`backticks`]. I has to be > said in words not just a printed example. > The handbook shows backticks, at least in my browser:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/porting-submitting.html > -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com
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