CVS commit: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files

["Roland Illig" <rillig%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    pkgsrc
Committed By:   rillig
Date:           Sun Feb  9 19:06:12 UTC 2020

Modified Files:
        pkgsrc/doc/guide/files: components.xml

Log Message:
doc/guide: don't suggest patch files against /dev/null

These patches would be much harder to edit and read than ordinary files.
Also recommend to copy these files in post-extract instead of
pre-configure, since extract is used for putting all files in place.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.57 -r1.58 pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/components.xml

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.

Modified files:

Index: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/components.xml
diff -u pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/components.xml:1.57 pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/components.xml:1.58
--- pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/components.xml:1.57  Sun Aug 18 16:35:16 2019
+++ pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/components.xml       Sun Feb  9 19:06:12 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: components.xml,v 1.57 2019/08/18 16:35:16 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: components.xml,v 1.58 2020/02/09 19:06:12 rillig Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="components"> <?dbhtml filename="components.html"?>
 <title>Package components - files, directories and contents</title>
@@ -691,13 +691,10 @@ MESSAGE_SUBST+=  SOMEVAR="somevalue"
   <sect1 id="files-dir">
     <title><filename>files/*</filename></title>
 
-    <para>If you have any files that you wish to be placed in the package prior
-    to configuration or building, you could place these files here and use
-    a <command>${CP}</command> command in the
-    <quote>pre-configure</quote> target to achieve
-    this. Alternatively, you could simply diff the file against
-    <filename>/dev/null</filename> and use the patch mechanism to manage
-    the creation of this file.</para>
+    <para>If you have any files that you wish to be placed in the package
+    prior to configuration or building, you can place these files here
+    and use a <command>${CP}</command> command in the
+    <quote>post-extract</quote> target to achieve this.</para>
 
     <para>If you want to share files in this way with other
     packages, set the <varname>FILESDIR</varname> variable to point