INSTALLATION_DIRS is only needed when installing from sources; that's because
it's in bsd.pkg.mk.  When the package gets created, with a file inside the
man/man1 directory, that directory will get created when extracting the
package (tarball), so the file can be placed in it.

${MKDIR} lines and/or MAKE_DIRS, are only needed to create empty directories.

Hope this helps, if I understood you properly.



On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:35:47 -0700 (PDT)
"Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote:

> I saw that lang/mawk does not create the directory for the man page.
> 
> So I was about to commit INSTALLATION_DIRS for it to create the man
> directory.
> 
> But now I see that INSTALLATION_DIRS is only in mk/bsd.pkg.mk for creating
> at pkgsrc-based install time.
> 
> Maybe MAKE_DIRS should be used instead?
> 
> Or maybe INSTALLATION_DIRS should set MAKE_DIRS usage?
> 
> Or maybe INSTALLATION_DIRS should automatically place some
> "@exec ${MKDIR}" lines in the PLIST file?
> 
> I'd prefer to not use mtree because it makes unnecessary clutter of
> directories on minimal install systems.
> 
>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
> 


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