[csw-maintainers] Package "swig" in testing

[Sebastian Kayser]

Ben Walton wrote:
> Excerpts from John Ellson's message of Wed May 20 09:05:41 -0400 2009:
> 
>> I need a little help here.  I don't really understand what this was
>> doing in the old swig package (before I commented it out), or if it
>> is still needed?
>>
>> #post-install: install-swig-doc
>> #
>> #install-swig-doc:
>> #       @mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/$(GARNAME)
>> #       @cp -R $(WORKSRC)/Doc $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/$(GARNAME)
>> #       @cp -R $(WORKSRC)/Examples $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/$(GARNAME)
>> #       @$(MAKECOOKIE)
>> #       $(DONADA)
>>
>> If its needed, could someone provide me with the basic code?
> 
> I can't say if it's needed or not.  It may be if the `gmake install`
> for the package doesn't install docs by default. 

Btw. (good that this has been brought up), i noticed that we have quite
a few packages that use a post-install-modulated part like the above to
install additional docs.

Could we maybe get something like EXTRA_INCLUDE_DOCS = <filelist> in GAR
that would do this instead?

Sebastian