On 2009/09/01 19:04, Brad Tilley wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Stuart Henderson<st...@openbsd.org> wrote: > > On 2009/09/01 14:26, Brad Tilley wrote: > > > A version number of some sort is required, see packages-specs(7) > > I've renamed 'random.zip' to 'ent-1.0.zip' and hosted it myself for now. > > > > > What's the reason for making it static? > > The author mentioned long-term compatibility and .so linking issues. I > can leave the -static out
if you were providing your own binary packages, that might be a problem, but since they are rebuilt regularly in bulk builds you shouldn't have to worry about this; leaving the -static out is usually more appropriate in ports. > > EXTRACT_SUFX=.zip takes care of the build dependency anyway. > > zip isn't a problem. > > That's good to know. I've left it as a zip. I've made some progress. > I'm at the "make fake" stage now where it complains there is no > install target in the original Makefile. I'll read the man pages and > see if I can get around this without editing the Makefile. you can set a "do-install:" target in the port Makefile. if you look around the ports tree you'll find plenty of examples.
