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-<!-- $NetBSD: plist.xml,v 1.12 2006/04/17 06:12:46 jlam Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: plist.xml,v 1.13 2006/09/10 19:31:42 wiz Exp $ -->
<chapter id="plist">
<title>PLIST issues</title>
- <para> The <filename>PLIST</filename> file contains a package's
- <quote>packing list</quote>, i.e. a list of files that belong to
- the package (relative to the <filename>${PREFIX}</filename>
- directory it's been installed in) plus some additional statements
- - see the &man.pkg.create.1; man page for a full list.
- This chapter addresses some issues that need attention when
- dealing with the <filename>PLIST</filename> file (or files, see
- below!).</para>
+ <para>The <filename>PLIST</filename> file contains a package's
+ <quote>packing list</quote>, i.e. a list of files that belong to
+ the package (relative to the <filename>${PREFIX}</filename>
+ directory it's been installed in) plus some additional statements
+ - see the &man.pkg.create.1; man page for a full list.
+ This chapter addresses some issues that need attention when
+ dealing with the <filename>PLIST</filename> file (or files, see
+ below!).</para>
<sect1 id="rcs-id">
<title>RCS ID</title>
- <para>
- Be sure to add a RCS ID line as the first thing in any
- <filename>PLIST</filename> file you write:
- </para>
+ <para>Be sure to add a RCS ID line as the first thing in any
+ <filename>PLIST</filename> file you write:</para>
-<programlisting>
- @comment &#36;NetBSD&#36;
-</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>
+ @comment &#36;NetBSD&#36;
+ </programlisting>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="automatic-plist-generation">
<title>Semi-automatic <filename>PLIST</filename> generation</title>
<para>You can use the <command>make print-PLIST</command> command
- to output a PLIST that matches any new files since the package
- was extracted. See <xref linkend="build.helpful-targets"/> for
- more information on this target.</para>
+ to output a PLIST that matches any new files since the package
+ was extracted. See <xref linkend="build.helpful-targets"/> for
+ more information on this target.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="print-PLIST">
<title>Tweaking output of <command>make print-PLIST</command></title>
- <para> If you have used any of the *-dirs packages, as explained in
- <xref linkend="faq.common-dirs"/>, you may have noticed that
- <command>make print-PLIST</command> outputs a set of
- <varname>@comment</varname>s instead of real
- <varname>@dirrm</varname> lines. You can also do this for
- specific directories and files, so that the results of that
- command are very close to reality. This helps <emphasis>a
- lot</emphasis> during the update of packages. </para>
-
- <para> The <varname>PRINT_PLIST_AWK</varname> variable takes a set
- of AWK patterns and actions that are used to filter the output of
- print-PLIST. You can <emphasis>append</emphasis> any chunk of AWK
- scripting you like to it, but be careful with quoting. </para>
-
- <para> For example, to get all files inside the
- <filename>libdata/foo</filename> directory removed from the
- resulting PLIST:</para>
-
-<programlisting>
- PRINT_PLIST_AWK+= /^libdata\/foo/ { next; }
-</programlisting>
-
- <para> And to get all the <varname>@dirrm</varname> lines referring
- to a specific (shared) directory converted to
- <varname>@comment</varname>s: </para>
-
-<programlisting>
- PRINT_PLIST_AWK+= /^@dirrm share\/specific/ { print "@comment " $$0; next; }
-</programlisting>
+ <para>If you have used any of the *-dirs packages, as explained in
+ <xref linkend="faq.common-dirs"/>, you may have noticed that
+ <command>make print-PLIST</command> outputs a set of
+ <varname>@comment</varname>s instead of real
+ <varname>@dirrm</varname> lines. You can also do this for
+ specific directories and files, so that the results of that
+ command are very close to reality. This helps <emphasis>a
+ lot</emphasis> during the update of packages.</para>
+
+ <para>The <varname>PRINT_PLIST_AWK</varname> variable takes a set
+ of AWK patterns and actions that are used to filter the output of
+ print-PLIST. You can <emphasis>append</emphasis> any chunk of AWK
+ scripting you like to it, but be careful with quoting.</para>
+
+ <para>For example, to get all files inside the
+ <filename>libdata/foo</filename> directory removed from the
+ resulting PLIST:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ PRINT_PLIST_AWK+= /^libdata\/foo/ { next; }
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <para>And to get all the <varname>@dirrm</varname> lines referring
+ to a specific (shared) directory converted to
+ <varname>@comment</varname>s:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ PRINT_PLIST_AWK+= /^@dirrm share\/specific/ { print "@comment " $$0; next; }
+ </programlisting>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="plist.misc">
<title>Variable substitution in PLIST</title>
- <para>
- A number of variables are substituted automatically in PLISTs
- when a package is installed on a system. This includes the
- following variables: </para>
+ <para>A number of variables are substituted automatically in
+ PLISTs when a package is installed on a system. This includes the
+ following variables:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>${MACHINE_ARCH}</varname>, <varname>${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}</varname></term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Some packages like emacs and perl embed information
- about which architecture they were built on into the
- pathnames where they install their files. To handle this
- case, PLIST will be preprocessed before actually used, and
- the symbol
- <quote><varname>${MACHINE_ARCH}</varname></quote> will be
- replaced by what <command>uname -p</command> gives. The
- same is done if the string
- <varname>${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}</varname> is embedded in
- PLIST somewhere - use this on packages that have GNU
- autoconf-created configure scripts.</para>
-
- <note>
- <title>Legacy note</title>
-
- <para>There used to be a symbol
- <quote><varname>$ARCH</varname></quote> that
- was replaced by the output of <command>uname
- -m</command>, but that's no longer supported and has
- been removed.</para>
- </note>
- </listitem>
+ <term><varname>${MACHINE_ARCH}</varname>, <varname>${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Some packages like emacs and perl embed information
+ about which architecture they were built on into the
+ pathnames where they install their files. To handle this
+ case, PLIST will be preprocessed before actually used, and
+ the symbol
+ <quote><varname>${MACHINE_ARCH}</varname></quote> will be
+ replaced by what <command>uname -p</command> gives. The
+ same is done if the string
+ <varname>${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}</varname> is embedded in
+ PLIST somewhere - use this on packages that have GNU
+ autoconf-created configure scripts.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <title>Legacy note</title>
+
+ <para>There used to be a symbol
+ <quote><varname>$ARCH</varname></quote> that
+ was replaced by the output of <command>uname
+ -m</command>, but that's no longer supported and has
+ been removed.</para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>${OPSYS}</varname>, <varname>${LOWER_OPSYS}</varname>, <varname>${OS_VERSION}</varname></term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Some packages want to embed the OS name and version
- into some paths. To do this, use these variables in the
- <filename>PLIST</filename>:
- </para>
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para><varname>${OPSYS}</varname> - output of <quote><command>uname -s</command></quote></para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para><varname>${LOWER_OPSYS}</varname> - lowercase common name (eg. <quote>solaris</quote>)</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para><varname>${OS_VERSION}</varname> - <quote><command>uname -r</command></quote></para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </listitem>
+ <term><varname>${OPSYS}</varname>, <varname>${LOWER_OPSYS}</varname>, <varname>${OS_VERSION}</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Some packages want to embed the OS name and version
+ into some paths. To do this, use these variables in the
+ <filename>PLIST</filename>:
+ </para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><varname>${OPSYS}</varname> - output of <quote><command>uname -s</command></quote></para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><varname>${LOWER_OPSYS}</varname> - lowercase common name (eg. <quote>solaris</quote>)</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><varname>${OS_VERSION}</varname> - <quote><command>uname -r</command></quote></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- <para> For a complete list of values which are replaced by
- default, please look in <filename>bsd.pkg.mk</filename> (and
- search for <emphasis>PLIST_SUBST</emphasis>). </para>
+ <para>For a complete list of values which are replaced by
+ default, please look in <filename>bsd.pkg.mk</filename> (and
+ search for <varname>PLIST_SUBST</varname>).</para>
- <para> If you want to change other variables not listed above, you
- can add variables and their expansions to this variable in the
- following way, similar to <varname>MESSAGE_SUBST</varname> (see <xref
- linkend="components.optional"/>): </para>
+ <para>If you want to change other variables not listed above, you
+ can add variables and their expansions to this variable in the
+ following way, similar to <varname>MESSAGE_SUBST</varname> (see <xref
+ linkend="components.optional"/>):</para>
-<programlisting>
- PLIST_SUBST+= SOMEVAR="somevalue"
-</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>
+ PLIST_SUBST+= SOMEVAR="somevalue"
+ </programlisting>
<para>This replaces all occurrences of <quote>${SOMEVAR}</quote>
- in the PLIST with <quote>somevalue</quote>. </para>
+ in the <filename>PLIST</filename> with
+ <quote>somevalue</quote>.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="manpage-compression">
<title>Man page compression</title>
<para>Man pages should be installed in compressed form if
- <varname>MANZ</varname> is set (in <filename>bsd.own.mk</filename>),
- and uncompressed otherwise. To handle this in the
- <filename>PLIST</filename> file, the suffix <quote>.gz</quote> is
- appended/removed automatically for man pages according to
- <varname>MANZ</varname> and <varname>MANCOMPRESSED</varname> being set
- or not, see above for details. This modification of the
- <filename>PLIST</filename> file is done on a copy of it, not
- <filename>PLIST</filename> itself.</para>
+ <varname>MANZ</varname> is set (in <filename>bsd.own.mk</filename>),
+ and uncompressed otherwise. To handle this in the
+ <filename>PLIST</filename> file, the suffix <quote>.gz</quote> is
+ appended/removed automatically for man pages according to
+ <varname>MANZ</varname> and <varname>MANCOMPRESSED</varname> being set
+ or not, see above for details. This modification of the
+ <filename>PLIST</filename> file is done on a copy of it, not
+ <filename>PLIST</filename> itself.</para>
</sect1>
@@ -170,10 +168,11 @@
<title>Changing PLIST source with <varname>PLIST_SRC</varname></title>
<para>To use one or more files as source for the <filename>PLIST</filename> used
- in generating the binary package, set the variable
- <varname>PLIST_SRC</varname> to the names of that file(s).
- The files are later concatenated using &man.cat.1;, and order of things is
- important.</para>
+ in generating the binary package, set the variable
+ <varname>PLIST_SRC</varname> to the names of that file(s).
+ The files are later concatenated using &man.cat.1;, and the order of things is
+ important. The default for <varname>PLIST_SRC</varname> is
+ <filename>${PKGDIR}/PLIST</filename>.</para>
</sect1>
@@ -181,28 +180,28 @@
<title>Platform-specific and differing PLISTs</title>
<para>Some packages decide to install a different set of files based on
- the operating system being used. These differences can be
- automatically handled by using the following files:</para>
+ the operating system being used. These differences can be
+ automatically handled by using the following files:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para><filename>PLIST.common</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>PLIST.common</filename></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><filename>PLIST.${OPSYS}</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>PLIST.${OPSYS}</filename></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><filename>PLIST.${MACHINE_ARCH}</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>PLIST.${MACHINE_ARCH}</filename></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><filename>PLIST.${OPSYS}-${MACHINE_ARCH}</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>PLIST.${OPSYS}-${MACHINE_ARCH}</filename></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><filename>PLIST.common_end</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>PLIST.common_end</filename></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
@@ -211,75 +210,73 @@
<sect1 id="faq.common-dirs">
<title>Sharing directories between packages</title>
- <para> A <quote>shared directory</quote> is a directory where
- multiple (and unrelated) packages install files. These
- directories are problematic because you have to add special tricks
- in the PLIST to conditionally remove them, or have some
- centralized package handle them. </para>
+ <para>A <quote>shared directory</quote> is a directory where
+ multiple (and unrelated) packages install files. These
+ directories are problematic because you have to add special tricks
+ in the PLIST to conditionally remove them, or have some
+ centralized package handle them.</para>
- <para> Within pkgsrc, you'll find both approaches. If a directory
- is shared by a few unrelated packages, it's often not worth to add
- an extra package to remove it. Therefore, one simply does:
- </para>
+ <para>Within pkgsrc, you'll find both approaches. If a directory
+ is shared by a few unrelated packages, it's often not worth to add
+ an extra package to remove it. Therefore, one simply does:</para>
-<programlisting>
- @unexec ${RMDIR} %D/path/to/shared/directory 2>/dev/null || ${TRUE}
-</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>
+ @unexec ${RMDIR} %D/path/to/shared/directory 2>/dev/null || ${TRUE}
+ </programlisting>
- <para> in the PLISTs of all affected packages, instead of the
- regular "@dirrm" line. </para>
+ <para>in the PLISTs of all affected packages, instead of the
+ regular "@dirrm" line.</para>
- <para> However, if the directory is shared across many packages, two
- different solutions are available: </para>
+ <para>However, if the directory is shared across many packages, two
+ different solutions are available:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
- <para> If the packages have a common dependency, the directory
- can be removed in that. For example, see
- <filename role="pkg">textproc/scrollkeeper</filename>, which
- removes the shared directory
- <filename>share/omf</filename>. </para>
+ <para>If the packages have a common dependency, the directory
+ can be removed in that. For example, see
+ <filename role="pkg">textproc/scrollkeeper</filename>, which
+ removes the shared directory
+ <filename>share/omf</filename>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para> If the packages using the directory are not related at
- all (they have no common dependencies), a *-dirs package is
- used. </para>
+ <para>If the packages using the directory are not related at
+ all (they have no common dependencies), a *-dirs package is
+ used.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
- <para> From now on, we'll discuss the second solution. To get an
- idea of the *-dirs packages available, issue: </para>
-
-<programlisting>
- &cprompt; cd .../pkgsrc
- &cprompt; ls -d */*-dirs
-</programlisting>
-
- <para> Their use from other packages is very simple. The
- <varname>USE_DIRS</varname> variable takes a list of package names
- (without the <quote>-dirs</quote> part) together with the required
- version number (always pick the latest one when writing new
- packages). </para>
-
- <para> For example, if a package installs files under
- <filename>share/applications</filename>, it should have the
- following line in it:
- </para>
-
-<programlisting>
- USE_DIRS+= xdg-1.1
-</programlisting>
-
- <para> After regenerating the PLIST using <command>make
- print-PLIST</command>, you should get the right (commented out)
- lines. </para>
-
- <para> Note that even if your package is using
- <filename>$X11BASE</filename>, it must not depend on the
- *-x11-dirs packages. Just specify the name without that part and
- pkgsrc (in particular, <filename>mk/dirs.mk</filename>) will take
- care of it. </para>
+ <para>From now on, we'll discuss the second solution. To get an
+ idea of the *-dirs packages available, issue:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ &cprompt; cd .../pkgsrc
+ &cprompt; ls -d */*-dirs
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <para>Their use from other packages is very simple. The
+ <varname>USE_DIRS</varname> variable takes a list of package names
+ (without the <quote>-dirs</quote> part) together with the required
+ version number (always pick the latest one when writing new
+ packages).</para>
+
+ <para>For example, if a package installs files under
+ <filename>share/applications</filename>, it should have the
+ following line in it:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ USE_DIRS+= xdg-1.1
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <para>After regenerating the PLIST using <command>make
+ print-PLIST</command>, you should get the right (commented out)
+ lines.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that even if your package is using
+ <filename>$X11BASE</filename>, it must not depend on the
+ *-x11-dirs packages. Just specify the name without that part and
+ pkgsrc (in particular, <filename>mk/dirs.mk</filename>) will take
+ care of it.</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>