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-rw-r--r--mk/install/install.mk18
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mk/install/install.mk b/mk/install/install.mk
index 06c31e3be27..3d344ff0e2f 100644
--- a/mk/install/install.mk
+++ b/mk/install/install.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: install.mk,v 1.46 2007/08/14 23:59:25 joerg Exp $
+# $NetBSD: install.mk,v 1.47 2007/09/13 09:44:58 rillig Exp $
#
# This file provides the code for the "install" phase.
#
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@
# This hook is placed _before_ switching to privileged mode
# in order to install the package.
#
+# === Package-settable variables ===
+#
+# INSTALLATION_DIRS
+# A list of directories that should be created at the very
+# beginning of the install phase. These directories are relative
+# to ${PREFIX}. As a convenience, a leading man/ is transformed
+# to ${PKGMANDIR}, to save package authors from typing too much.
+#
+# INSTALLATION_DIRS_FROM_PLIST
+# In most (or even all?) cases the PLIST files in the package
+# directory already contain all directories that are needed.
+# When this variable is set to "yes", all directories mentioned
+# in the PLIST files will be created like in INSTALLATION_DIRS.
+#
######################################################################
### install (PUBLIC)
@@ -231,7 +245,7 @@ install-makedirs:
.if defined(INSTALLATION_DIRS) && !empty(INSTALLATION_DIRS)
@${STEP_MSG} "Creating installation directories"
${RUN} \
- for dir in ${INSTALLATION_DIRS}; do \
+ for dir in ${INSTALLATION_DIRS:C,^man/,${PKGMANDIR}/,}; do \
case "$$dir" in \
${PREFIX}/*) \
dir=`${ECHO} "$$dir" | ${SED} "s|^${PREFIX}/||"` ;; \