Re[3]: Mail server questions.

On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, CEBKA wrote:

> Yes  I`ve  ported  it  to  NetBSD(1.5.2  i-386) but there is a need to
> modify  headers  in  /usr/include/rpc(pmap_clnt.h,  clnt.h) to make it
> works.  But  now it works well I think. But I don`t know how to make a
> pkgsrc(none of them is in my distribution), explain this to me please,
> because xinetd is really wonderful system!

You can learn about it by looking in the pkgsrc/Packages.txt
documentation. Scroll down to the "Part II: Package Constructor's Guide"
section.

The easiest thing to do, is look at some examples of some other simple
packages. Basically, you need a Makefile, a DESCR (paragraph or two)
description file, and a PLIST (which basically lists the files installed).

A basic Makefile has:

DISTNAME=  (name of file with version but no extension)
CATEGORIES=
MASTER_SITES= (dowload URLs)
MAINTAINER= (email address -- maybe yours)
HOMEPAGE= (main website for xinetd)
COMMENT= (short, one-line description of this software)

and probably:
GNU_CONFIGURE= YES  (use the autoconf'd ./configure script and gmake)

Then do "make extract" to download and extract.

Then do "make makesum" to generate checksum digest file.

Then do "make configure 2>&1 | tee LOG" and check that log to see if it
looks correct.

Then I go into work/ and the sub-directory and double-check the
config.status and config.log files.

Then try "make" (back in main directory not under work/) to see if it
builds.

I do "touch PLIST" and "make install" and then
"make print-PLIST | tee PLIST"

If you have technical questions regarding building pkgsrc Makefiles, you
can discuss via tech-pkg mailing list.

By the way, I am interested in xinetd, because I have packaged many
Linux-related softwares for runing under Linux kernel. And maybe someone
from xinetd experience but moving to a Linux using NetBSD pkgsrc would
like to continue using xinetd. (I already packaged netkit-base for inetd,
but haven't send-pr it to submit it yet.)

Good luck!

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