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Re: [PATCH] wip/dma: update to 0.14



Philip Dodd <orange.spyderman%gmail.com@localhost> writes:

> Besides the above, this package uses the portable ${PREFIX}/sbin/dma,
> following upstream’s top-level Makefile and preserving the existing
> pkgsrc layout. The FreeBSD port uses upstream’s separate bsd/ build
> and explicitly sets BINDIR=${LIBEXEC}, installing it under
> ${PREFIX}/libexec/dma. This update does not change that, but it might
> be desirable on BSD installs.

More or less, we should end up with installation following pkgsrc norms,
and either upstream plan may need fixing.

sbin is for programs invoked by a system administrator, or a script in
rc.d.

libexec is for programs invoked by other programs.


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