ports without pkg-descr

[michael johnson]

On 5/17/06, Dan Langille <dan at langille.org> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm having trouble understanding a few ports and I'm hoping you can
> help.  The ports in question are:
>
> devel/glib20-reference
> devel/glibmm-reference
>
> The issue: pkg-descr, or more precisely, the output of make -V DESCR.
>
> [dan at polo:/usr/home/dan/ports/devel/glibmm-reference] $ make -V DESCR
> /usr/home/dan/ports/devel/glibmm-reference/work/pkg-descr
>
> Is that expected?  A pkg-descr in the working directory?


pkg-descr added to ports, thanks!

If so, that file is created during the build process. Within the
> current FreshPorts framework, this is an anomoly and there is no way
> for the system to go through the steps necessary to create that file.
>
> I have attempted to make both devel/glibmm-reference and and still
> not find a pkg-descr file.  Is this expected behaviour?
>
> Is is really necessary to have a pkg-desc that is constructed
> automatically?  I ask in case there's a way around this without
> special casing it for FreshPorts.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
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