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authorwiz <wiz@pkgsrc.org>2013-04-16 13:56:04 +0000
committerwiz <wiz@pkgsrc.org>2013-04-16 13:56:04 +0000
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@@ -5667,6 +5667,29 @@ BUILDLINK_TREE+= -tiff
<code class="filename">buildlink3.mk</code>
file is included. Dependencies are only added for directly
include <code class="filename">buildlink3.mk</code> files.</p>
+<p>When providing a <code class="filename">buildlink3.mk</code> and
+ including other <code class="filename">buildlink3.mk</code> files in it,
+ please only add necessary ones. I.e. those whose libraries or
+ header files are automatically exposed when the package is
+ use.</p>
+<p>In particular, if only an executable
+ (<code class="filename">bin/foo</code>) is linked against a library, that
+ library does not need to be propagated in the
+ <code class="filename">buildlink3.mk</code> file.</p>
+<p>The following steps should help you decide if a
+ <code class="filename">buildlink3.mk</code> file needs to be included:
+ </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
+<li class="listitem"><p>Run <code class="filename">ldd</code> on all installed
+ libraries and look against what other libraries they link. The
+ packages providing these must be
+ buildlinked.</p></li>
+<li class="listitem"><p>Look at the installed header files: What
+ headers do they include? The packages providing these files
+ must be buildlinked.</p></li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>
+ </p>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
@@ -7615,7 +7638,7 @@ TOOLS_PLATFORM.true?= true # shell builtin
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="tools.questions"></a>18.4. Questions regarding the tools</h2></div></div></div>
<div class="qandaset">
-<a name="idm80364112"></a><dl>
+<a name="idm80445136"></a><dl>
<dt>18.4.1. <a href="#tools.new">How do I add a new tool?</a>
</dt>
<dt>18.4.2. <a href="#tools.listall">How do I get a list of all available
@@ -7634,7 +7657,7 @@ TOOLS_PLATFORM.true?= true # shell builtin
<tbody>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="tools.new"></a><a name="idm80363728"></a><p><b>18.4.1.</b></p>
+<a name="tools.new"></a><a name="idm80444752"></a><p><b>18.4.1.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>How do I add a new tool?</p></td>
</tr>
@@ -7644,7 +7667,7 @@ TOOLS_PLATFORM.true?= true # shell builtin
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="tools.listall"></a><a name="idm80362704"></a><p><b>18.4.2.</b></p>
+<a name="tools.listall"></a><a name="idm80443600"></a><p><b>18.4.2.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>How do I get a list of all available
tools?</p></td>
@@ -7655,7 +7678,7 @@ TOOLS_PLATFORM.true?= true # shell builtin
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="tools.used"></a><a name="idm80361680"></a><p><b>18.4.3.</b></p>
+<a name="tools.used"></a><a name="idm80442576"></a><p><b>18.4.3.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>How can I get a list of all the tools that a
package is using while being built? I want to know whether it
@@ -8983,17 +9006,28 @@ REPLACE_FILES.tcl= # list of tcl scripts which need to be fixed,
the installed <code class="filename">.packlist</code> file generated by
most perl5 modules. This is invoked by defining
<code class="varname">PERL5_PACKLIST</code> to a space-separated list of
- paths to packlist files, e.g.:</p>
+ packlist files relative to <code class="varname">PERL5_PACKLIST_DIR</code>
+ (<code class="varname">PERL5_INSTALLVENDORARCH</code> by default),
+ e.g.:</p>
<pre class="programlisting">
-PERL5_PACKLIST= ${PERL5_SITEARCH}/auto/Pg/.packlist
+PERL5_PACKLIST= auto/Pg/.packlist
</pre>
-<p>The variables <code class="varname">PERL5_SITELIB</code>,
- <code class="varname">PERL5_SITEARCH</code>, and
- <code class="varname">PERL5_ARCHLIB</code> represent the three locations
- in which perl5 modules may be installed, and may be used by
- perl5 packages that don't have a packlist. These three
- variables are also substituted for in the
- <code class="filename">PLIST</code>.</p>
+<p>The perl5 config variables
+ <code class="varname">installarchlib</code>,
+ <code class="varname">installscript</code>,
+ <code class="varname">installvendorbin</code>,
+ <code class="varname">installvendorscript</code>,
+ <code class="varname">installvendorarch</code>,
+ <code class="varname">installvendorlib</code>,
+ <code class="varname">installvendorman1dir</code>, and
+ <code class="varname">installvendorman3dir</code> represent those
+ locations in which components of perl5 modules may be installed,
+ provided as variable with uppercase and prefixed with
+ <code class="varname">PERL5_</code>, e.g. <code class="varname">PERL5_INSTALLARCHLIB</code>
+ and may be used by perl5 packages that don't have a packlist.
+ These variables are also substituted for in the
+ <code class="filename">PLIST</code> as uppercase prefixed with
+ <code class="varname">PERL5_SUB_</code>.</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
@@ -9676,7 +9710,7 @@ place.</p></li>
and if you still don't have the answer, ask on the
<code class="literal">pkgsrc-users</code> mailing list.</p>
<div class="qandaset">
-<a name="idm81902800"></a><dl>
+<a name="idm81992016"></a><dl>
<dt>22.1. <a href="#devfaq.makeflags">What is the difference between
MAKEFLAGS, .MAKEFLAGS and
MAKE_FLAGS?</a>
@@ -9721,7 +9755,7 @@ do?</a>
<tbody>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.makeflags"></a><a name="idm81902416"></a><p><b>22.1.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.makeflags"></a><a name="idm81991632"></a><p><b>22.1.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">MAKEFLAGS</code>, <code class="varname">.MAKEFLAGS</code> and
@@ -9737,7 +9771,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.make"></a><a name="idm81898320"></a><p><b>22.2.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.make"></a><a name="idm81987536"></a><p><b>22.2.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">MAKE</code>, <code class="varname">GMAKE</code> and
@@ -9755,7 +9789,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.cc"></a><a name="idm81893968"></a><p><b>22.3.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.cc"></a><a name="idm81983184"></a><p><b>22.3.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">CC</code>, <code class="varname">PKG_CC</code> and
@@ -9773,7 +9807,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.bl3flags"></a><a name="idm81889744"></a><p><b>22.4.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.bl3flags"></a><a name="idm81978960"></a><p><b>22.4.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">BUILDLINK_LDFLAGS</code>,
@@ -9786,7 +9820,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.bl3prefix"></a><a name="idm81887568"></a><p><b>22.5.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.bl3prefix"></a><a name="idm81976784"></a><p><b>22.5.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Why does <span class="command"><strong>make show-var
VARNAME=BUILDLINK_PREFIX.<em class="replaceable"><code>foo</code></em></strong></span>
@@ -9802,7 +9836,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.master_sites"></a><a name="idm81884496"></a><p><b>22.6.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.master_sites"></a><a name="idm81973712"></a><p><b>22.6.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What does
<code class="literal">${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE:=package/}</code> mean? I
@@ -9826,7 +9860,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.mailinglists"></a><a name="idm81876432"></a><p><b>22.7.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.mailinglists"></a><a name="idm81965648"></a><p><b>22.7.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Which mailing lists are there for package
developers?</p></td>
@@ -9851,7 +9885,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.documentation"></a><a name="idm81872592"></a><p><b>22.8.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.documentation"></a><a name="idm81961808"></a><p><b>22.8.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where is the pkgsrc
documentation?</p></td>
@@ -9899,7 +9933,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.too-much-time"></a><a name="idm81866192"></a><p><b>22.9.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.too-much-time"></a><a name="idm81955280"></a><p><b>22.9.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>I have a little time to kill. What shall I
do?</p></td>