#23280: base should auto-create share/doc/${name} and share/examples/${name} in destroot ---------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: ryandesign@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts Future Component: base | Version: 1.8.2 Resolution: wontfix | Keywords: Port: | ---------------------------+-------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * status: new => closed * resolution: => wontfix Comment: Let's not do this. The thought at the time was that it would be easier for a portfile author to copy files into ${prefix}/share/doc/${name} if the portfile author didn't first have to create the directory. However, it's just about as likely that there already exists a documentation directory in the source archive that the portfile author would like to just copy to ${prefix}/share/doc/${name}, and if MacPorts base had already created a directory of the same name, then the portfile author would have to delete it first to avoid a conflict. As for ${prefix}/share/examples/${name}, we [https://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports- dev/2013-October/024727.html decided] that we would prefer examples go in ${prefix}/share/doc/${name}/examples, and for the same reason as above, MacPorts base should not pre-create it. The python portgroup does pre- create it, and we should change it so it doesn't do that anymore. See #47687. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/23280#comment:2> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X