8.4. Changing the Names of pkg-*

All the names of pkg-* are defined using variables that can be changed in the Makefile if needed. This is especially useful when sharing the same pkg-* files among several ports or when it is necessary to write to one of these files. See writing to places other than WRKDIR for why it is a bad idea to write directly into the directory containing the pkg-* files.

Here is a list of variable names and their default values. (PKGDIR defaults to ${MASTERDIR}.)

VariableDefault value
DESCR${PKGDIR}/pkg-descr
PLIST${PKGDIR}/pkg-plist
PKGINSTALL${PKGDIR}/pkg-install
PKGDEINSTALL${PKGDIR}/pkg-deinstall
PKGMESSAGE${PKGDIR}/pkg-message

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