how to install a port without install: in the Makefile
Stephen Montgomery-Smith
stephen at math.missouri.edu
Fri Jan 23 08:08:09 PST 2009
Steve Franks wrote:
> I presume Florent's preferred method is "INSTALL_PROGRAM"? So far,
> the only doc I've found is that it exists. So I put INSTALL_PROGRAM
> $(WORKDIR)/$(PORTNAME) (portname just happens to be the name of the
> executable) in the port Makefile, or what? I've never been able to
> 'read' makefiles, so I'm not sure a look at ports.mk is going to cause
> anything but frustration. We've spent minutes arguing philisophy, can
> I get a couple seconds of example? :) Otherwise, PLIST_FILES looks
> like it will work to me...
I had to do something like this in math/naturalmath. I think this
provides a very straightforward example of what you want. I recall I
copied this from other ports - I don't remember which - but you can know
that they do exist.
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