hierarchy under its own directory.
This patch changes the code to attempt to link() the files instead.
Should the linking fail (typically, because the source and the target
may be on different filesystems), the code will still fall back to
copying.
The patch is submitted to the (dormant) author:
http://www.epmhome.org/str.php?L21+P0+S-2+C0+I0+E0+M10+Q
Approved by: maintainer (maho)
in bsd.autotools.mk essentially makes this a no-op given that all the
old variables set a USE_AUTOTOOLS_COMPAT variable, which is parsed in
exactly the same way as USE_AUTOTOOLS itself.
Moreover, USE_AUTOTOOLS has already been extensively tested by the GNOME
team -- all GNOME 2.12.x ports use it.
Preliminary documentation can be found at:
http://people.FreeBSD.org/~ade/autotools.txt
which is in the process of being SGMLized before introduction into the
Porters Handbook.
Light blue touch-paper. Run.
EPM is a free UNIX software/file packaging program that generates
distribution archives from a list of files.
EPM Can:
o Generate portable script-based distribution packages complete with
installation and removal scripts and standard install/uninstall GUIs.
o Generate "native" distributions in AIX, BSD, Debian, HP-UX, IRIX, MacOS X,
Red Hat, Slackware, Solaris, and Tru64 UNIX formats.
o Provide a complete, cross-platform software distribution solution for
your applications.
WWW: http://www.easysw.com/epm/
