On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, poff wrote:

> > You should just use pkgsrc to port the software; it makes it easier and
> > others may benefit too!
>
> Gee you can bet I'd do this as soon as it worked!

You already mentioned you are wasting hours, so just try to do it the
pkgsrc way. Here are some ideas:

cd pkgsrc
mkdir -p new/fluxspace
cd new/fluxspace
vi Makefile

In your Makefile, have a few lines:

DISTNAME=	(put the filename here without suffix)
MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE:=fluxspace}
USE_BUILDLINK2=	yes
.include "../../lang/python/application.mk"
.include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"


That may get you started. I don't know if the master site is correct.

Type "make" and see what happens.

To find examples in pkgsrc, just do a "grep -i python
pkgsrc/*/*/Makefile".

Also have a look at pkgsrc/Packages.txt. And look at individual pkgsrc
package's Makefiles to see better examples.

If you have questions, use the tech-pkg mailing list.

Good luck and have fun!

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/