svn commit: r49425 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses

[Mathieu Arnold]

Author: mat
Date: Fri Sep 23 10:21:00 2016
New Revision: 49425
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49425

Log:
  Say what USES=pathfix really does so people find it and use it.
  
  Sponsored by:	Absolight

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml	Fri Sep 23 09:42:14 2016	(r49424)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.xml	Fri Sep 23 10:21:00 2016	(r49425)
@@ -1637,7 +1637,10 @@ USE_MATE=	menus:build intlhack</programl
       <varname>PATHFIX_WRKSRC</varname> (defaults to
       <varname>WRKSRC</varname>)
       and fix common paths to make sure they respect the &os;
-      hierarchy.  If the port uses <command>automake</command>, set
+      hierarchy.  For example, it fixes the installation directory
+      of <command>pkgconfig</command>'s <filename>.pc</filename> files
+      to <filename>${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig</filename>.  If
+      the port uses <command>automake</command>, set
       <varname>PATHFIX_MAKEFILEIN</varname> to
       <filename>Makefile.am</filename> if needed.</para>