Looking for a portfile review before submitting (rbldnsd)
Blair Zajac
blair at orcaware.com
Wed Jun 10 19:32:39 PDT 2009
Scott Haneda wrote:
> Hello, I have made a portfile, looking for a quick review, and any
> suggestions for cleanup.
>
> 1) How do I decide the category, can someone show me a list, and suggest
> the correct one for this? I see bind9 is in "net", perhaps this should
> also be in "net"?
>
> 2) Do I really need the extract.suffix? I lean on simpler being better.
>
> 3) How do the permissions I chose look in the destroot phase?
>
> 4) I want ahead and installed some notes and other misc files that were
> in the download, should I even bother? Is this the correct location to
> put them?
Yes, do install them into ${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
> 5) should I call this rbldnsd-server? It is a server, it does not
> include a launchd item due to the nature of how it is started being so
> custom.
>
> 6) If I wanted to include a sample zone file for this, where would the
> best place be to store that, and what is the correct suggested naming
> convention for the name of that sample file? rbldnsd.zone.sample?
The bind9 port installs base files you can use as *.dist. But it would be a
real file and not a sample one that contains a lot of local examples.
I suggest installing the bind9 port and seeing how it's done there.
Regards,
Blair
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