Re: Lot's of REINPLACE_CMD versus patch

From: Nuno Teixeira <eduardo_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 06:36:06 UTC
Hello Mathieu,

Just a part of .post-install I have the files in directory "config" with 9
REINPLACE_CMDs applied!
Isn't better to use patches in this case? one patch for each file with this
9 changes?

Thanks

Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> escreveu no dia terça, 25/05/2021 à(s)
07:28:

> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 07:02:36AM +0100, Nuno Teixeira wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'm working on a new port that have a lot of REINPLACE_CMDs and I'm
> getting
> > a lot of warnings saying, e.g.:
> > "REINPLACE_CMD ran, but did not modify file contents:
> > NsCDE/config/NsCDE-Font-120dpi.conf.bak.bak.bak.bak"
> >
> > And this waring shows that this particular file was changed four times!
> >
> > I'm thinking that REINPLACE_CMD is viable to small changes and for this
> > port I think that is better change all files manually and then create
> > patches with "make makepatch'
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> Small changes vs big changes has nothing to do with when to use
> REINPLACE_CMD.
> As noted in [1], REINPLACE_CMD CAN only be used when replacing some
> dynamic content, say, /usr/local -> ${PREFIX}.  In all other cases, a
> patch MUST be used.
>
> 1:
> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/slow-porting/#slow-patch-automatic-replacements
>
> > ---
> > post-patch:
> >         ${CP} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec/generate_subpanels
> > ${WRKSRC}/generate_subpanels
> >         @${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's@config/@etc/nscde/@g'
> > ${WRKSRC}/generate_subpanels
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD}
> > -e 's@$$\[NSCDE_ROOT\]/share/doc/@'${PREFIX}'/share/doc/nscde/@g'
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD}
> > -e 's@$$\[NSCDE_ROOT\]/share/icons/@'${PREFIX}'/share/icons/@g'
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD}
> > -e 's@$$\[NSCDE_ROOT\]/share/@'${DATADIR}'/@g'
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
> 's@
> > $$\[NSCDE_ROOT\]/share@'${DATADIR}'@g' {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/lib/scripts -type
> f
> > -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
> > 's@$$\[NSCDE_ROOT\]/libexec/@'${PREFIX}'/libexec/nscde/@g'
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD}
> > -e "s@$$\[NSCDE_ROOT\]/lib/@${PREFIX}/lib/nscde/@g"
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/lib/scripts -type
> f
> > -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's@$$\[NSCDE_ROOT\]/bin/@'${PREFIX}'/sbin/@g'
> {}
> > \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD}
> > -e 's@$$\[NSCDE_ROOT\]/config/@'${ETCDIR}'/@g'
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD}
> > -e 's@$${NSCDE_ROOT}/share/icons/@'${PREFIX}'/share/icons/@g'
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD}
> > -e 's@$${NSCDE_ROOT}/share/@'${DATADIR}'/@g'
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD}
> > -e 's@$$NSCDE_ROOT/share/@'${DATADIR}'/@g'
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config -type f -name '*.conf' -exec ${MV}
> > {} {}.sample \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/bin ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/lib
> > ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config \
> >                 ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/share/applications -type f -exec
> > ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's@$$NSCDE\_ROOT\/bin@'${PREFIX}'/sbin@g' {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/bin ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/lib
> > ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's@
> > $$NSCDE\_ROOT\/config@'${ETCDIR}'@g' {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/bin ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/lib
> > ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's@
> > $$NSCDE\_ROOT\/libexec@'${PREFIX}'/libexec/nscde@g' {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/bin ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/lib
> > ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
> > 's@$$NSCDE\_ROOT\/lib\/@'${PREFIX}'/lib/nscde/@g'
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/bin ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/lib
> > ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/share/config_templates \
> >                 -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
> > 's@$$NSCDE\_ROOT\/share\/icons\/@'${PREFIX}'/share/icons/@g'
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/bin ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/lib
> > ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/share/config_templates \
> >                 -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
> > 's@$$NSCDE\_ROOT\/share\/doc\/@'${PREFIX}'/share/doc/nscde/@g'
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/bin ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/lib
> > ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/share/config_templates \
> >                 -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
> > 's@$$NSCDE\_ROOT\/share\/@'${DATADIR}'/@g'
> > {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
> > 's@$${NSCDE_ROOT}/share/icons/@'${PREFIX}'/share/icons/@g' {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
> > 's@$${NSCDE_ROOT}/share/@'${DATADIR}'/@g' {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
> > 's@$${NSCDE_ROOT}/config/@'${ETCDIR}'/@g' {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
> > 's@$${NSCDE_ROOT}/libexec/@'${PREFIX}'/libexec/nscde/@g' {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/libexec -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
> > 's@$${NSCDE_ROOT}/lib/@'${PREFIX}'/lib/nscde/@g' {} \;
> >         ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/bin/ised -c 's/\*FrontPanel: \(.*x.*\), Id
> > NsCDE-Subpanel\(.*\), Frame 1, PressColorset 27, \\/\*FrontPanel: \1, Id
> > NsCDE-Subpanel\2, Frame 1, PressColorset 27, \\\n
> > Icon NsCDE\/FPSubArrowUp.xpm, PressIcon NsCDE\/FPSubArrowDown.xpm, \\/g'
> -f
> > "${WRKSRC}/NsCDE/config/NsCDE-FrontPanel.conf.sample"
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE -type f -exec ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
> > 's@^#!/usr/bin/env
> > ksh93@#!'${PREFIX}'/bin/ksh93@' {} \;
> >         ${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/NsCDE -type f -name '*.bak' -delete
> >         ( for HLP in ${PREFIX_FILES}; do ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's@
> $${PREFIX}@
> > '${PREFIX}'@g' ${WRKSRC}/$${HLP}; done )
> > ---
> >
> > Thanks,
> > eduardo
>
> --
> Mathieu Arnold
>