ctm(1) deprecation in the FreeBSD base system?

[Warner Losh]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 12:18 PM Stefan Esser <se at freebsd.org> wrote:

> Am 23.10.18 um 19:06 schrieb Warner Losh:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 10:44 AM Stefan Esser <se at freebsd.org
> > <mailto:se at freebsd.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     Am 23.10.18 um 17:27 schrieb Montgomery-Smith, Stephen:
> >     > I have no problem turning ctm into a port.  But I would appreciate
> >     > advice on whether there is a standard or easy process for
> converting
> >     > software from the FreeBSD base to a port.  If not, I can muddle my
> way
> >     > through it.  But give me some time (a few months) to get it done,
> >     > because the rest of my life is making heavy demands on me right
> now.
> >
> >     Hi Stephen,
> >
> >     I could spend a few hours to perform the conversion to a port and to
> >     test it. I've a happy CTM user, many years ago, and I can understand
> >     that it still may be useful in special situations.
> >
> >     The source archive will need to be hosted somewhere. Do you have a
> >     preference (e.g., on a FreeBSD server, or on Github, Gitlab, ...)?
> >
> >
> > It's trivial to setup a new repository on github.com/freebsd/ctm
> > <http://github.com/freebsd/ctm> for this purpose. With the right magic,
> we
> > could even retain the commit history.
>
>
> I have a complete port (in the sense that it builds, installs, packages),
> but there are a few details, that should be fixed on that occasion:
>
> 1) The man-pages install in man1 for binaries in sbin (--> change to man8)
> 2) The Makefiles use LIBADD (--> change to use LDADD)
> 3) The README file contains a reference to CVSUP (--> clean up)
>
> I do not have write access to freebsd on Github, and I'd appreciate if it
> was possible to move the files from src/usr.sbin/ctm there (with history
> would of course be preferable, but I'm not sure that it is of much use).
>

I can do this. We have many ports that are managed via github. What is your
github id?

Warner

I could then push my local changes (required to make the port build) to
> the Github repo (or add a few small patch files to the port).
>
> The port Makefile that I have prepared is attached below for reference.
>
> Regards, STefan
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> # $FreeBSD$
>
>
>
>
> PORTNAME=       ctm
> PORTVERSION=    2.0
> CATEGORIES=     ports-mgmt
>
> MAINTAINER=     se at FreeBSD.org
> COMMENT=        Create, receive, and apply FreeBSD source updates per mail
>
> LICENSE=        Beerware
> LICENSE_NAME=   Beerware
> LICENSE_TEXT=   "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42): \
>                 <phk at FreeBSD.org> wrote this file.  As long as you retain
> this
> notice you \
>                 can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some
> day,
> and you think \
>                 this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return.
> Poul-Henning Kamp
> LICENSE_PERMS=  dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
>
> USES=           tar:txz
>
> #USE_GITHUB=    yes
>
>
>
> #GH_ACCOUNT=    freebsd
>
>
>
>
> do-install:
> .for f in ctm ctm_dequeue ctm_rmail ctm_smail
>                 ${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/${f}/${f} \
>                         ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
> .endfor
> .for f in ctm ctm_rmail
>                 ${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/${f}/${f}.1 \
>                         ${STAGEDIR}${MAN1PREFIX}/man/man1 # should be man8
>
>
>
> .endfor
> .for f in ctm_dequeue ctm_smail
>                 ${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/ctm_rmail/ctm_rmail.1 \
>                         ${STAGEDIR}${MAN1PREFIX}/man/man1/${f}.1 # should
> be
> man8
>
>
> .endfor
>
> .include <bsd.port.mk>
>