port to install that is a collection of py scripts and a small executable in a folder ...

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Sep 13, 2016, at 12:45 AM, Ken Cunningham <ken.cunningham.webuse at gmail.com> wrote:
> To make it install as a command line app, I could xinstall the relevant parts of the build folder into ${prefix}/libexec/sshuttle,

${destroot}${prefix}/libexec/sshuttle (in post-destroot phase).

> and then use a system call to symlink the main binary  back into
> 
> ${prefix}/bin

${destroot}${prefix}/bin

> Is that the recommended way to manage a port like this?

That seems reasonable.

The trac port does something similar in post-destroot (copying some files into ${destroot}${prefix}/share/trac/contrib and then linking some things into ${destroot}${prefix}/bin) if you're looking for an example to help.

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Daniel J. Luke