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authorrillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org>2005-12-04 17:22:24 +0000
committerrillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org>2005-12-04 17:22:24 +0000
commit4d235fb633e1860ffc57842bdb7d062f115a0b85 (patch)
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parenta330b60fe7328ca65d3b0d1dfddcaf20b96ffccc (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-4d235fb633e1860ffc57842bdb7d062f115a0b85.tar.gz
Reverted the last change after massive protest from agc.
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diff --git a/doc/guide/files/components.xml b/doc/guide/files/components.xml
index 1d859992aa1..e9380f5d35c 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/components.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/components.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: components.xml,v 1.18 2005/12/02 13:52:31 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: components.xml,v 1.19 2005/12/04 17:22:24 rillig Exp $ -->
<chapter id="components"> <?dbhtml filename="components.html"?>
<title>Package components - files, directories and contents</title>
@@ -430,9 +430,12 @@
<sect1 id="files-dir">
<title><filename>files/*</filename></title>
- <para>If you have any files that you wish to be placed in the
- package prior to configuration or building, you should place these
- files here and use a <quote>${CP}</quote> command in the
- <quote>pre-configure</quote> target to achieve this.</para>
+ <para>If you have any files that you wish to be placed in the package prior
+ to configuration or building, you could place these files here and use
+ a <quote>${CP}</quote> command in the
+ <quote>pre-configure</quote> target to achieve
+ this. Alternatively, you could simply diff the file against
+ <filename>/dev/null</filename> and use the patch mechanism to manage
+ the creation of this file.</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>