startupitems

[macports at parvis.nl]

> On 2018-03-26, at 21:35, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at macports.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Mar 26, 2018, at 3:17 PM, macports at parvis.nl wrote:
>> ...
>> What do these 2 lines do ?
>> ---
>>        file copy ${portpath}/files/org.macports.munin-cron.plist.in \
>>        ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.munin-cron/org.macports.munin-cron.plist
>> 
>> ---
>> 
>> I have no idea where this "org.macports.munin-cron.plist.in" is supposed to be coming from.
>> I cannot find it in the original distribution files (didn't assume it would be there) nor anywhere ele in macports.
>> 
>> The only "munin-cron.in" in the distribution is "./master/_bin/munin-cron.in", and that is the script to run on Linux.
>> 
>> Could somebody please elaborate on startup items ?
> 
> See:
> 
> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/net/munin/files/org.macports.munin-cron.plist.in
> 
> It is supposed to be in the files directory along with the patches.
> 
> MacPorts only supports a single startupitem definition and doesn’t support periodic execution (every 5 minutes in this case).  To get around these problems, the munin port ships a launchd plist template in the files directory.  The reinplace fixes the path to the executable and then copies it into the destroot so it will be installed.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Craig

clear now. thanks!

paul.