docs/92118: [patch] tell porters handbook about NOFETCHFILES and update on PERL_*_DEPENDS

Edwin Groothuis edwin at mavetju.org
Sat Jan 21 23:10:04 UTC 2006


>Number:         92118
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] tell porters handbook about NOFETCHFILES and update on PERL_*_DEPENDS
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 21 23:10:03 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Edwin Groothuis
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
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>Environment:
System: FreeBSD k7.mavetju 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 root at x64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386

>Description:

Document NOFETCHFILES and fix documentation of PERL_*_DEPENDS.

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:

Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.669
diff -u -r1.669 book.sgml
--- book.sgml	21 Jan 2006 21:26:22 -0000	1.669
+++ book.sgml	21 Jan 2006 23:05:28 -0000
@@ -3289,10 +3289,11 @@
 	  <para>These variables allow you to specify dependencies on Perl
 	    modules. For example,
 
-	    <programlisting>PERL_RUN_DEPENDS=	MIME::Base64:${PORTSDIR}/converters/p5-MIME-Base64</programlisting>
+	    <programlisting>PERL_RUN_DEPENDS=	MIME-Base64:${PORTSDIR}/converters/p5-MIME-Base64</programlisting>
 
 	    will check for the <literal>MIME::Base64</literal> Perl module
-	    and install it if it is missing.</para>
+	    (note the replacement of :: with -) and install it if
+	    it is missing.</para>
 	</sect2>
 
 	<sect2>
@@ -4062,6 +4063,20 @@
       </sect2>
 
       <sect2>
+	<title><makevar>NOFETCHFILES</makevar></title>
+
+	<para>Files defined in the <makevar>NOFETCHFILES</makevar>
+	  variable are not fetchable from any of the
+	  <makevar>MASTER_SITES</makevar>. An example of such a
+	  file is when the file is supplied on CD-ROM by the
+	  vendor.</para>
+
+	<para>Tools which check for the availability of these files
+	  on the <makevar>MASTER_SITES</makevar> should ignore these
+	  files and not report about them.</para>
+      </sect2>
+
+      <sect2>
 	<title><makevar>RESTRICTED</makevar></title>
 
 	<para>Set this variable alone if the application's license permits
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