From 2261e01306b7574d60b7201423139c6fe230c1de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:14:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a not on the use of the ports/Tools/scripts/plist script

Approved by: simon
---
 .../books/porters-handbook/book.sgml            | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 69397b9c6d..3fe9cf6cf5 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -8150,7 +8150,22 @@ pre-install:
 
       <para>Alternatively, use the <command>plist</command> script in
 	<filename>/usr/ports/Tools/scripts/</filename> to build the
-	package list automatically.</para>
+	package list automatically.  The first step is the same as
+	above: take the first three lines, that is,
+	<command>mkdir</command>, <command>mtree</command> and
+	<command>make depends</command>.  Then build and install the
+	port:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>make install PREFIX=/var/tmp/<replaceable>port-name</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>And let <command>plist</command> create the
+	<filename>pkg-plist</filename> file:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/usr/ports/Tools/scripts/plist -Md -m /etc/mtree/BSD.<replaceable>port-type</replaceable>.dist /var/tmp/<replaceable>port-name</replaceable> &gt; pkg-plist</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>The packing list still have to tidied up the by hand as
+        stated above.</para>
+
     </chapter>
 
     <chapter id="keeping-up">