Re: packaging: how to use official target explicitly in Makefile

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

Klaus Heinz wrote:
> Hi,
>   
> I want to use one of the official stage targets as an explicit
> requirement for a helper target "foo" in a package Makefile, like this:
>   
>   foo: extract
>         do something with extracted files
>   
> At least in the case of extract this does not work as expected:
>   
>   $ make foo
>   ===> Checking for vulnerabilities...
>   => Required installed package...
>   => Checksum...
>   ...
>   ===> Installing dependencies...
>   => Required installed package...
>   ...
>   ===> Overriding tools...
>   ===> Creating toolchain wrappers...
>   $
>
> I see the COOKIE files .depends_done, .tools_done, .wrapper_done,
> .configure_done and .build_done (the package sets NO_CONFIGURE and
> NO_BUILD) but I do not see any extracted files.
>
> Is this not possible anymore?

Currently pkgsrc is broken in that respect, see PR 34061.

Roland