Installing 'config' file with port
I know that is is probably obviously; however, I still can not get it
to work. This is the first time I have tried to do this, so bear with
me.
I am creating a port that will install a 'config' file in the
/usr/local/etc directory. Reading through the 'Porters Handbook, I
cam across this example.
post-install:
@if [ ! -f ${PREFIX}/etc/orbit.conf ]; then \
${CP} -p ${PREFIX}/etc/orbit.conf.sample ${PREFIX}/etc/orbit.conf ; \
fi
First, when I write the 'config' file, do I place it under the ports
'files' directory and give it a .in.
Second, what do I have to do to get the file installed in the config
directory?
The program does not come with a config file by default. If that should
change, how would I go about using it instead of the one I created?
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Jerry
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Re: Installing 'config' file with port
Hello,
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Jerry ges...@yahoo.com wrote:
I am creating a port that will install a 'config' file in the
/usr/local/etc directory. Reading through the 'Porters Handbook, I
cam across this example.
post-install:
�...@if [ ! -f ${PREFIX}/etc/orbit.conf ]; then \
${CP} -p ${PREFIX}/etc/orbit.conf.sample ${PREFIX}/etc/orbit.conf ; \
fi
This is done so that the config file is not overwritten if it is
already there (think port upgrade). If the config file exists already,
just copy the *.conf.sample file without renaming it.
First, when I write the 'config' file, do I place it under the ports
'files' directory and give it a .in.
Yes, the files directory is a good place.
Why not simply call it 'application.conf' (if that is the name it will
have) or 'application.conf.sample'?
Second, what do I have to do to get the file installed in the config
directory?
copy it in the post-install target?
The program does not come with a config file by default. If that should
change, how would I go about using it instead of the one I created?
Change the port when you know the location and name of the file, perhaps?
However, if you think that distributing a config file with this
application wold be useful, perhaps you should talk to the upstream
developers and get them to include a config file?
HTH
--
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen
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Re: Installing 'config' file with port
On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 06:58:57PM +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
Hello,
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Jerry ges...@yahoo.com wrote:
I am creating a port that will install a 'config' file in the
/usr/local/etc directory. Reading through the 'Porters Handbook, I
cam across this example.
post-install:
? ?...@if [ ! -f ${PREFIX}/etc/orbit.conf ]; then \
? ? ? ?${CP} -p ${PREFIX}/etc/orbit.conf.sample ${PREFIX}/etc/orbit.conf ; \
? ?fi
This is done so that the config file is not overwritten if it is
already there (think port upgrade). If the config file exists already,
just copy the *.conf.sample file without renaming it.
Don't forget the corresponding part in pkg-plist so that the same thing
is done when the package is used.
-- WXS
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