[kde-freebsd] Where .cmake files should be put?

[Guido Falsi]

On 03/08/13 16:14, Max Brazhnikov wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:56:04 +0100 Guido Falsi wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm updating the port comms/openobex I maintain.
>>
>> With the last version they moved to cmake. The port is installing these
>> files:
>>
>> lib/cmake/OpenObex-1.7/openobex-target-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
>> lib/cmake/OpenObex-1.7/openobex-config-version.cmake
>> lib/cmake/OpenObex-1.7/openobex-target.cmake
>> lib/cmake/OpenObex-1.7/openobex-config.cmake
>>
>> I had a look at other ports installing similar files and found out that
>> these are being put in a plethora of places.
>
> cmake(1) will look for them in:
>
>    <prefix>/(lib/<arch>|lib|share)/cmake/<name>*/
>    <prefix>/(lib/<arch>|lib|share)/<name>*/
>    <prefix>/(lib/<arch>|lib|share)/<name>*/(cmake|CMake)/
>
>> Not being a cmake guru I'm not sure what is the "right thing" about these.
>>
>> Should I leave the port put them where he wants them and just update the
>> plist?
>
> yes.
>
>> Is there a standard place where such files should be put? Or a standard
>> nomenclature for the directory(most ports I have seen use just lowercase
>> PORTNAME for this)
>
> http://xkcd.com/927/
>
>> Or there is no consensus and it's at maintainer/committer discretion?
>>
>> BTW what are these files for? :)
>
> Think of them like *.pc files for pkg-config.

Thanks for the reply. This is exactly the information I was looking for.

-- 
Guido Falsi <madpilot at FreeBSD.org>