1 Currently ikiwiki uses cp(1) with GNU extensions in Makefile.PL for installing files, thus causing problems on FreeBSD which doesn't have a cp(1) with GNU extensions in the base system.
3 Here is a patch against ikiwiki-1.51 for using find(1) and install(1) instead of cp(1).
5 --- Makefile.PL.orig Sun Apr 29 12:57:51 2007
6 +++ Makefile.PL Sun Apr 29 13:08:38 2007
7 @@ -47,8 +47,12 @@ extra_clean:
10 install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/ikiwiki
11 - find basewiki templates \( -type f -or -type l \) ! -regex '.*\.svn.*' \
12 - -exec cp --parents -aL {} $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/ikiwiki \;
13 + for dir in `find -L basewiki templates -type d ! -regex '.*\.svn.*'`; do \
14 + install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/ikiwiki/$$dir; \
15 + for file in `find -L $$dir -maxdepth 1 -type f`; do \
16 + install -m 644 $$file $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/ikiwiki/$$dir; \
20 install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
21 install -m 644 ikiwiki.man $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/ikiwiki.1
23 > Couldn't it just use install -D ? --[[Joey]]
25 >> No, apparently FreeBSD `install` does not support `-D`. See [the FreeBSD install manpage](http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=install&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.2-RELEASE&format=html). --[[JoshTriplett]]
27 >> Patch applied; [[done]]. --[[JoshTriplett]]
29 There are still/again "cp -a"s in the Makefile as of 3.00
31 > It's a cp -a || install. Is that causing you a problem somehow?