documentation for the ports system?

[Erwin Lansing]

On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 08:22:18PM +0200, Martin Klaffenboeck wrote:
> Hello,
> 
Howdy,

> I know the Porter's Hanbook, but what I want to ask is:
> 
> Is there anywhere a documentation for the ports system?
> 
> How are the /var/db/pkg/* files are created.  Where comes the origin 
> from and so on.  How does dynamic pkg-plist creating work?  (In ports 
> which do not have a pkg-plist file)...
> 
> Is there anywhere a docu for that?
> 
This would be a typical example of "Use the source, Luke!"
/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk does all these things and is heavily
documented. A good read, if you understand it's magic :-)

Cheers,
-erwin

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