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| author | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-06-26 23:28:51 +0000 |
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| committer | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-06-26 23:28:51 +0000 |
| commit | 8780ac8c7b8721a10f5c2f03ec45d27fc10d6c1a (patch) | |
| tree | cd67bbb5011b2110a5718f99f28d65428ccdf297 /doc/guide | |
| parent | b4be38996950479c00ffafbfcef125451b8f8513 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-8780ac8c7b8721a10f5c2f03ec45d27fc10d6c1a.tar.gz | |
INSTALLATION_DIRS creates directories with the correct ownership.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/build.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/build.xml b/doc/guide/files/build.xml index 0db097ba701..3f7e3e54520 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/build.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/build.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.27 2006/04/21 07:54:12 rillig Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.28 2006/06/26 23:28:51 rillig Exp $ --> <chapter id="build"> <title>The build process</title> @@ -521,16 +521,20 @@ of <varname>MAKEFILE</varname> is <quote>Makefile</quote>, and <variablelist> <varlistentry><term><varname>INSTALLATION_DIRS</varname></term> + <listitem><para>A list of directories relative to <varname>PREFIX</varname> that are created by pkgsrc at - the beginning of the <emphasis>install</emphasis> phase. If - this variable is set, + the beginning of the <emphasis>install</emphasis> phase. + If this variable is set, <varname>NO_MTREE</varname>=<quote>yes</quote> is assumed, which means that the package claims to create all needed directories itself before installing files to it. Therefore this variable should only be set in <filename>Makefile</filename>s that are under control of - the package's author.</para></listitem></varlistentry> + the package's author. The directories are created with + the correct ownership, depending on their + name.</para></listitem></varlistentry> + </variablelist> |