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authorrillig <rillig>2006-06-26 23:28:51 +0000
committerrillig <rillig>2006-06-26 23:28:51 +0000
commite33a1743f05c7b0119e1de517311f34ad6d5df76 (patch)
treecd67bbb5011b2110a5718f99f28d65428ccdf297 /doc
parentc1d17276de3ab21feb8228f638c93403fd43c857 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-e33a1743f05c7b0119e1de517311f34ad6d5df76.tar.gz
INSTALLATION_DIRS creates directories with the correct ownership.
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-rw-r--r--doc/guide/files/build.xml12
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>