ports without pkg-descr

[Dan Langille]

On 17 May 2006 at 16:58, michael johnson wrote:

> 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!

Thank you.  All is well.  :)

> 
> 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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> >
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