tech-pkg: Re: generate PLIST
Subject: Re: generate PLIST
To: Joe Reed
<jnr@po.cwru.edu>
From: Lubomir Sedlacik
<salo@Xtrmntr.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/23/2002 23:45:59
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On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 04:33:17PM -0500, Joe Reed wrote:
> is there a way to easily generate the PLIST ???=20
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> i'm new to pkg creation and the only way i can think of to create the pli=
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> it to do it manually (look through the output of a `make install`).=20
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> is there a better way of doing it? or does a document exist that explains=
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> this process?=20
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> i've looked through pkgsrc/Packages.txt and packages (7). they explain t=
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> syntax of the file, and what it does, but not how to create it.=20
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> help is appreciated,
from pkgsrc/Packages.txt:
5 PLIST* issues
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
...
5.1 Miscellaneous
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
...
* Semi-automatic PLIST generation:
You can use the "make print-PLIST" command to output a PLIST that matches
any new files since the package was extracted. See below for more=20
information on this target.
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7.2 Main targets
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* print-PLIST:
After a 'make install' from a new or upgraded pkg, this prints out an
attempt to generate a new PLIST from a 'find -newer work/.extract_done'.
An attempt is made to care for shared libs etc., but it is STRONGLY=20
recommended to review the result before putting it into PLIST. On
upgrades, it's useful to diff the output of this command against an alre=
ady
existing PLIST file.
If the package installs files via tar(1) or other methods that don't upd=
ate
file access times, be sure to add these files manually to your PLIST,
as 'find -newer' won't catch them!
regards,
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