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| author | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-10-02 16:52:22 +0000 |
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| committer | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-10-02 16:52:22 +0000 |
| commit | 125371fc80555c54503c2d1eabf4e954758379b9 (patch) | |
| tree | d780fd76c3d0a1886778c38d54dfa89f94321783 | |
| parent | 5c845b22e6f9e3911f725024aa3471494bbaea70 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-125371fc80555c54503c2d1eabf4e954758379b9.tar.gz | |
After editing the package Makefile, it is usually necessary to run
"bmake clean".
The url2pkg program can create packages for Perl modules almost
completely.
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/creating.xml b/doc/guide/files/creating.xml index 5606728d8ec..d2fe42bea00 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/creating.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/creating.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: creating.xml,v 1.1 2006/06/01 08:39:03 rillig Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: creating.xml,v 1.2 2006/10/02 16:52:22 rillig Exp $ --> <chapter id="creating"> <title>Creating a new pkgsrc package from scratch</title> @@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ -e</command>, which outputs additional explanations.</para></step> + <step><para>In many cases the package is not yet ready to build. + You can find instructions for the most common cases in the next + section, <xref linkend="creating.common"/>. After you have + followed the instructions over there, you can hopefully continue + here.</para></step> + + <step><para>Run <command>bmake clean</command> to clean the + working directory from the extracted files. Besides these files, + a lot of cache files and other system information has been saved + in the working directory, which may become wrong after you + edited the <filename>Makefile</filename>.</para></step> + <step><para>Now, run <command>bmake</command> to build the package. For the various things that can go wrong in this phase, consult <xref linkend="fixes"/>.</para></step> @@ -100,4 +112,15 @@ </procedure> +<sect1 id="creating.common"> +<title>Common types of packages</title> + +<sect2 id="creating.perl-module"> +<title>Perl modules</title> + +<para>Simple Perl modules are handled automatically by +<command>url2pkg</command>, including dependencies.</para> + +</sect2> +</sect1> </chapter> |