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| author | Fernando Apesteguía <fernape@FreeBSD.org> | 2023-03-17 11:49:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Fernando Apesteguía <fernape@FreeBSD.org> | 2023-03-17 16:19:41 +0000 |
| commit | 6fca32fd5f3e253458303acd71c44ed6a6c9bd4d (patch) | |
| tree | 801f2d1b44e1f878d971712c8fe34b60838f99d3 | |
| parent | 6d5e8da29b9fd742a022893590f185781a736900 (diff) | |
| download | doc-6fca32fd5f.tar.gz doc-6fca32fd5f.zip | |
[phb]: Document the use of Makefile.crates
Some people don't know about this.
Reviewed by: carlavilla
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39143
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/special/_index.adoc | 3 |
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diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/special/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/special/_index.adoc index 4ebeb7f84e..9221eef41d 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/special/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/special/_index.adoc @@ -505,6 +505,9 @@ For ports that use Cargo, define `USES=cargo`. |`CARGO_CRATES` | |List of crates the port depends on. Each entry needs to have a format like `cratename-semver` for example, `libc-0.2.40`. Port maintainers can generate this list from [.filename]#Cargo.lock# using `make cargo-crates`. Manually bumping crate versions is possible but be mindful of transitive dependencies. +If the list generated by `make cargo-crates` is big, it might be convenient to place it inside a `Makefile.crates` file in the top-level port directory. +If present, the ports framework sources that file automatically. +This helps keeping the main port Makefile withing a reasonable size. |`CARGO_FEATURES` | |