Port Suggestion

[Warren Block]

The OO ports create binaries and links with the version number as part 
of the name; "openoffice.org-2.4.1-scalc", for example.

Unless there's something obvious I've missed, each time the port is 
updated, anything that refers to the OO programs by name has to be 
modified.  (For example, window manager menu entries.)

If the port could create generic links in addition to the ones with 
version numbers, it would be one less step needed in updating.

In other words, create a link called "openoffice.org-scalc" (or maybe 
even just "scalc") in addition to the one with a version number.  More 
specifically:

--- Makefile.orig	2008-07-01 19:46:20.000000000 -0600
+++ Makefile	2008-07-01 19:50:11.000000000 -0600
@@ -252,6 +252,14 @@
  	@${LN} -fs ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE} ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE}-simpress
  	@${LN} -fs ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE} ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE}-spadmin
  	@${LN} -fs ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE} ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE}-swriter
+	@${LN} -fs ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE} ${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}-sbase
+	@${LN} -fs ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE} ${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}-scalc
+	@${LN} -fs ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE} ${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}-sdraw
+	@${LN} -fs ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE} ${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}-setofficelang
+	@${LN} -fs ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE} ${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}-smath
+	@${LN} -fs ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE} ${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}-simpress
+	@${LN} -fs ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE} ${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}-spadmin
+	@${LN} -fs ${PREFIX}/bin/${EXECBASE} ${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}-swriter
  	@${ECHO_CMD} "" > ${TMPPLIST}
  	@cd ${PREFIX} ; ${FIND} -s bin \( -type f -or -type l \) -name "${EXECBASE}*" >> ${TMPPLIST}
  	@cd ${PREFIX} ; ${FIND} -s ${INSTALLATION_BASEDIR} \( -type f -or -type l \) >> ${TMPPLIST}


This ignores other minor changes would be needed, like a pkg-message 
telling the user about the generic names and putting them in the 
generated pkg-plist.

Thanks!

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA