ITA: GNU miscfiles

[Ken Brown]

On 7/13/2016 7:05 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jul 12 11:06, Warren Young wrote:
>> Per https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-07/msg00160.html
>>
>> …I would like to adopt the GNU miscfiles package.  I have constructed the following cygport file, which seems to do the trick:
>>
>>
>> NAME=miscfiles
>> VERSION=1.5
>> RELEASE=1
>>
>> SUMMARY="Miscellaneous data files"
>> HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/miscfiles/"
>> SRC_URI="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/${PN}/${PN}-${PV}.tar.gz"
>>
>> CATEGORY=Misc

This is not a legal category.

>> DESCRIPTION="This is the GNU Miscfiles package, which is a collection
>> of files not of crucial importance for system administration or
>> operation, but which have come to be common on various systems over the
>> years. It includes data files for country codes, airport codes, currency
>> information, and so on."
>>
>> CYGCONF_ARGS="--datarootdir=/usr/share/misc"
>>
>> src_install() {
>> 	cd ${B}
>> 	cygmake -j11 DESTDIR=${D} install
>
> Why don't you use the offical call:
>
> 	cd ${B}
> 	cyginstall
>
> It sets -j as well as DESTDIR automatically.
>
>> 	dodir /usr/share/dict
>> 	dosym ../misc/web2a /usr/share/dict/words
>>
>> 	dodoc ${D}/usr/share/misc/GNU-manifesto
>> 	rm ${D}/usr/share/misc/GNU-manifesto
>
> Ignoring the below comment for now... what?
>
> So you remove the exact same file you installed with dodoc?
>
>> }
>>
>>
>> The last line in my src_install() override seems heavy-handed.  I
>> would have thought that dodoc would move the file into the doc
>> directory from its default install location for me.
>
> You only explain what you expect, but left out the interesting point
> what actually happens.  Also, its questionable that `dodoc foo; rm foo'
> is the way to go here...

He's trying to move GNU-manifesto from one directory under ${D} to 
another.  He should just use 'mv'.  'dodoc' copies, it doesn't move.

>> Can I avoid overriding src_install() entirely?  All I want to do here
>> is move the GNU-manifesto file to the doc dir and create a
>> /usr/share/dict/words symlink.
>
> I don't think so.  If you want the script to perform extra steps you
> need to create src_install.

Ken