Re: [RFC] NO_INSTALL in meta-ports considered harmful

2009-05-11 Thread Philip M. Gollucci
Alexey Shuvaev wrote: graphics/backfract/Makefile:NO_INSTALL_MANPAGE= yes Since you pasted it, thats a typo. Missing the 'S' -- 1024D/DB9B8C1C B90B FBC3 A3A1 C71A 8E70 3F8C 75B8 8FFB DB9B 8C1C Philip M. Gollucci (pgollu.

Re: [RFC] NO_INSTALL in meta-ports considered harmful

2009-05-11 Thread Alexey Shuvaev
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 09:17:00AM -0400, Wesley Shields wrote: > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 09:28:34PM +, Marcin Wisnicki wrote: > > On Sun, 10 May 2009 15:22:04 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: > > > > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Marcin Wisnicki > > > wrote: > > >> They will be installed since

Re: [RFC] NO_INSTALL in meta-ports considered harmful

2009-05-11 Thread Wesley Shields
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 09:28:34PM +, Marcin Wisnicki wrote: > On Sun, 10 May 2009 15:22:04 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: > > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Marcin Wisnicki > > wrote: > >> They will be installed since they are run dependencies. > >> > >>From what I can tell (from several meta

Re: [RFC] NO_INSTALL in meta-ports considered harmful

2009-05-11 Thread N. Raghavendra
At 2009-05-10T21:28:34Z, Marcin Wisnicki wrote: > The proper way to make a metaport is to: > 1. use only RUN_DEPENDS > 2. set NO_BUILD > 3. do *NOT* set NO_INSTALL > 4. provide empty do-install target In my personal metaports, I follow exactly the above prescription. For example, I have a port op

Re: [RFC] NO_INSTALL in meta-ports considered harmful

2009-05-10 Thread Marcin Wisnicki
On Sun, 10 May 2009 15:22:04 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Marcin Wisnicki > wrote: >> They will be installed since they are run dependencies. >> >>From what I can tell (from several metaports) -- they, themselves, are > not installed. The ports defined in the meta

Re: [RFC] NO_INSTALL in meta-ports considered harmful

2009-05-10 Thread Glen Barber
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Marcin Wisnicki wrote: > On Sun, 10 May 2009 13:08:56 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: > >> I'm not sure if this is the 'right answer', but NO_INSTALL allows the >> proper installation of numerous ports from one location (the meta-port). >>  An example of this is the misc

Re: [RFC] NO_INSTALL in meta-ports considered harmful

2009-05-10 Thread Marcin Wisnicki
On Sun, 10 May 2009 13:08:56 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: > I'm not sure if this is the 'right answer', but NO_INSTALL allows the > proper installation of numerous ports from one location (the meta-port). > An example of this is the misc/instant-server port (though > unmaintained, IIRC). > > If you

Re: [RFC] NO_INSTALL in meta-ports considered harmful

2009-05-10 Thread Glen Barber
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Marcin Wisnicki wrote: > Some metaports (like print/cups) use NO_INSTALL. > > This will prevent such port from registering its installation in /var/db/ > pkg, which is different behaviour from installing it from prebuilt > package (where it registers just fine). >

[RFC] NO_INSTALL in meta-ports considered harmful

2009-05-10 Thread Marcin Wisnicki
Some metaports (like print/cups) use NO_INSTALL. This will prevent such port from registering its installation in /var/db/ pkg, which is different behaviour from installing it from prebuilt package (where it registers just fine). IMHO not registering installation makes no sense and serves only t