Generating INDEX file suitable for (media)/packages/INDEX ?

[Ryan Dean]

On Dec 21, 2007 4:22 PM, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com> wrote:

>  Ryan Dean wrote:
> >    So having said all that, does anyone out there have such a hook
> already,
> > or should I go and write one?  Or, am I heading down the wrong path
> here,
> > and there is an easier/better way of generating this INDEX file?
>
> You'll want to run the hook before or after the build completes so
> you'll have Jail and PortsTree info in order to build an accurate INDEX.
>  The hook could simply call make index after exporting the proper
> variables (i.e. PORTSDIR, INDEXFILE, etc.).
>
Hrrm, okay.  I've started to experiment with the scripts, but it looks like
'make index' and even 'make describe' requires perl in order to complete.
Is it safe to pkg_add and pkg_delete from the hooks, without contaminating
the build directory?

           -Ryan T. Dean

PS - Joe, sorry for the double post, I forgot to reply-all for the
archives...