All the names of pkg-*
files
are defined using variables so you can change them in your
Makefile
if need be. This is especially useful
when you are sharing the same pkg-*
files
among several ports or have to write to one of the above files (see
writing to places other than
WRKDIR
for why it is a bad idea to write
directly into the pkg-*
subdirectory).
Here is a list of variable names and their default
values. (PKGDIR
defaults to
${MASTERDIR}
.)
Variable | Default value |
---|---|
DESCR | ${PKGDIR}/pkg-descr |
PLIST | ${PKGDIR}/pkg-plist |
PKGINSTALL | ${PKGDIR}/pkg-install |
PKGDEINSTALL | ${PKGDIR}/pkg-deinstall |
PKGREQ | ${PKGDIR}/pkg-req |
PKGMESSAGE | ${PKGDIR}/pkg-message |
Please change these variables rather than overriding
PKG_ARGS
. If you change
PKG_ARGS
, those files will not correctly be
installed in /var/db/pkg
upon install from a
port.
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