Make sure that the port rules do exactly what is desired, including packaging up the port. These are the important points to verify:
pkg-plist does not contain
anything not installed by the port.
pkg-plist contains everything
that is installed by the port.
The port can be installed using the
install target. This verifies
that the install script works correctly.
The port can be deinstalled properly using the
deinstall target. This
verifies that the deinstall script works correctly.
The port only has access to network resources during the
fetch target phase. This is
important for package builders, such as ports-mgmt/poudriere.
Make sure that make package can be
run as a normal user (that is, not as
root). If that
fails, the software may need to be patched. See also Section 17.21, “fakeroot” and Section 17.89, “uidfix”.
make stage
make stage-qa
make package
make install
make deinstall
make package (as user)
Make certain no warnings are shown in any of the stages.
Thorough automated testing can be done with
ports-mgmt/poudriere from the
Ports Collection, see Section 10.5, “Poudriere” for
more information. It maintains jails where
all of the steps shown above can be tested without affecting the
state of the host system.
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