Handy pkgsrc targets and tools
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Bunch of notes on pkgsrc make targets to help my memory when building/modifying pkgsrc packages.
Making and committing changes
Lint packages before committing, using the package pkgtools/pkglint, cleaning up any errors and warnings it reports. Build the package with the make variable PKG_DEVELOPER=yes, cleaning up any additional warnings and errors.
Changes to packages can either be submitted as cvs diff's (with -N if necessary) attached to send-pr, or, get an account for pkgsrc-wip at http://pkgsrc.org/wip/ and commit the new package version there. If committing to pkgsrc-wip, create a top level package file named eg. COMMIT_MESSAGE with the message that should be used to commit to pkgsrc proper.
Make targets
| Target | Description |
|---|---|
| show-options | Dump available, default and currently selected package options. |
| fetch | Fetch the distfiles into the local ${DISTDIR} directory. |
| checksum | Check the fetched files checksums against distinfo. |
| install | Actually install for real. |
| Target | Description |
|---|---|
| extract | Stop after extracting the package distfiles. |
| patch | Stop after applying package patches. |
| makesum | Update the checksums of the packages distfiles in distfiles. |
| makepatchsum mps |
Updates patch checksums in distfiles. |
| rebuild | Forces the package to be rebuilt. |
| show-distfiles | Dumps out expected distfile names. |
| stage-install | Installs into the ${WRKSRC}/.destdir/. Handy for checking what will become the install paths. |
| install-clean | Allows install stage to be re-attempted. |
| print-PLIST | Dumps out a PLIST to stdout based on the staged installation. Sanity check before using! |
| plist | Builds the staged PLIST files from the package PLIST. |
| plist-clean | Removes staged PLIST files so that the "plist" target may be re-invoked. |
| check-files | Checks the staged PLIST against the "staged-install" built contents. |
| show-var VARNAME=<x> | Dumps out evaluated make variable. |
| show-vars VARNAMES="<x> <y>" | Dumps out multiple evaluated make variables. |
| show-buildlink3 | Show the dependency hierarchy for a package. |
