On 28/10/2013 10:34, John Marino wrote: > On 10/28/2013 10:29, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >> On 28/10/2013 09:58, John Marino wrote: >>> On 10/28/2013 09:53, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >>> However, converting to stagedir is reasonably documented here: >>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/ports/StageDir >> >> That's a handfull. What about installers that hard-code directories >> during install? > > They can hardcode into the stage directory. Anywhere else is wrong and > has to be fixed.
But then they won't be usable once installed into /usr/local. >>> You don't have a choice with supporting stage -- new ports without stage >>> aren't accepted. So that's why you have to bother. :) >> >> That doesn't sound acceptable, considering the feature isn't even >> mentioned in the Porters' Handbook. > > Bapt has made several calls for help to document this in the Porters > Handbook. He's said it's on his plate but he's behind and has asked for > the help. Maybe you could help him out? So far I see stage as a problem, not something I want to advance. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? _______________________________________________ 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"
