Chip Camden wrote:
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
And like I said, stating that in words calls it to the attention of the
reader.
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