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    From abi@abi@abinet.ru to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Tue Feb 3 14:37:34 2026
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    Hello,

    I'm porting a program that puts unnecessary stuff in the staging
    directory, for example

    ====> Checking for pkg-plist issues (check-plist)
    Parsing plist
    Checking for items in STAGEDIR missing from pkg-plist
    Error: Orphaned: include/CxxUrl/string.hpp
    Error: Orphaned: include/CxxUrl/url.hpp
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/base.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/jwt.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/boost-json/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/boost-json/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/danielaparker-jsoncons/defaults.h Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/danielaparker-jsoncons/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/defaults.h.mustache
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/kazuho-picojson/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/kazuho-picojson/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/nlohmann-json/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/nlohmann-json/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/picojson/picojson.h
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlConfig.cmake
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlConfigVersion.cmake
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlTargets.cmake
    Error: Orphaned: lib/libCxxUrl.a
    Error: Orphaned: @dir cmake


    What is the best way to deal with it?



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  • From Matthias Fechner@idefix@fechner.net to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Tue Feb 3 13:04:33 2026
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    Am 03.02.2026 um 12:37 schrieb abi:
    What is the best way to deal with it?

    you should add them to the plist of the port.

    Matthias



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  • From Ronald Klop@ronald-lists@klop.ws to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Tue Feb 3 13:10:07 2026
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    Van: abi <abi@abinet.ru>
    Datum: dinsdag, 3 februari 2026 12:37
    Aan: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
    Onderwerp: Removing excessive files from staging directory

    Hello,

    I'm porting a program that puts unnecessary stuff in the staging directory, for example

    ====> Checking for pkg-plist issues (check-plist)
    Parsing plist
    Checking for items in STAGEDIR missing from pkg-plist
    Error: Orphaned: include/CxxUrl/string.hpp
    Error: Orphaned: include/CxxUrl/url.hpp
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/base.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/jwt.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/boost-json/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/boost-json/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/danielaparker-jsoncons/defaults.h Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/danielaparker-jsoncons/traits.h Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/defaults.h.mustache
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/kazuho-picojson/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/kazuho-picojson/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/nlohmann-json/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/nlohmann-json/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/picojson/picojson.h
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlConfig.cmake
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlConfigVersion.cmake
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlTargets.cmake
    Error: Orphaned: lib/libCxxUrl.a
    Error: Orphaned: @dir cmake


    What is the best way to deal with it?







    Hi Abi,

    What is holding you back from removing these files from the staging area?

    There are examples of post-install in the ports tree.
    $ cd /usr/ports; find . -name Makefile | xargs grep -A 3 post-install:
    ...
    ./databases/mysql-connector-odbc/Makefile:post-install: ./databases/mysql-connector-odbc/Makefile- @${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/INFO_BIN
    ./databases/mysql-connector-odbc/Makefile- @${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/INFO_SRC
    ...

    Regards,
    Ronald.

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    <p><strong>Van:</strong> abi &lt;abi@abinet.ru&gt;<br>
    <strong>Datum:</strong> dinsdag, 3 februari 2026 12:37<br> <strong>Aan:</strong> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org<br>
    <strong>Onderwerp:</strong> Removing excessive files from staging directory</p>

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    <div class="TextPlainViewer" id="P.P">Hello,<br>

    I'm porting a program that puts unnecessary stuff in the staging directory, for example<br>

    ====&gt; Checking for pkg-plist issues (check-plist)<br>
    ===&gt; Parsing plist<br>
    ===&gt; Checking for items in STAGEDIR missing from pkg-plist<br>
    Error: Orphaned: include/CxxUrl/string.hpp<br>
    Error: Orphaned: include/CxxUrl/url.hpp<br>
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/base.h<br>
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/jwt.h<br>
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/boost-json/defaults.h<br>
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/boost-json/traits.h<br>
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/danielaparker-jsoncons/defaults.h<br> Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/danielaparker-jsoncons/traits.h<br> Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/defaults.h.mustache<br>
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/kazuho-picojson/defaults.h<br>
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/kazuho-picojson/traits.h<br>
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/nlohmann-json/defaults.h<br>
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/nlohmann-json/traits.h<br>
    Error: Orphaned: include/picojson/picojson.h<br>
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlConfig.cmake<br>
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlConfigVersion.cmake<br>
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake<br> Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlTargets.cmake<br>
    Error: Orphaned: lib/libCxxUrl.a<br>
    Error: Orphaned: @dir cmake<br>


    What is the best way to deal with it?<br>

    &nbsp;</div>

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    </blockquote>


    Hi Abi,<br>

    What is holding you back from removing these files from the staging area?<br>

    There are examples of post-install in the ports tree.<br>
    $ cd /usr/ports; find . -name Makefile | xargs grep -A 3 post-install:<br> ...<br>
    ./databases/mysql-connector-odbc/Makefile:post-install:<br> ./databases/mysql-connector-odbc/Makefile-&nbsp; &nbsp; @${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/INFO_BIN<br>
    ./databases/mysql-connector-odbc/Makefile-&nbsp; &nbsp; @${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/INFO_SRC<br>
    ...<br>

    Regards,<br>
    Ronald.<br>
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  • From Robert Clausecker@fuz@fuz.su to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Tue Feb 3 13:33:30 2026
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    Hi Abi,

    Am Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 02:37:34PM +0300 schrieb abi:
    Hello,

    I'm porting a program that puts unnecessary stuff in the staging directory, for example

    ====> Checking for pkg-plist issues (check-plist)
    Parsing plist
    Checking for items in STAGEDIR missing from pkg-plist
    Error: Orphaned: include/CxxUrl/string.hpp
    Error: Orphaned: include/CxxUrl/url.hpp
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/base.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/jwt.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/boost-json/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/boost-json/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/danielaparker-jsoncons/defaults.h Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/danielaparker-jsoncons/traits.h Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/defaults.h.mustache
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/kazuho-picojson/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/kazuho-picojson/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/nlohmann-json/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/nlohmann-json/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/picojson/picojson.h
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlConfig.cmake
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlConfigVersion.cmake
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlTargets.cmake
    Error: Orphaned: lib/libCxxUrl.a
    Error: Orphaned: @dir cmake


    What is the best way to deal with it?

    Some of these are bundled dependencies it seems.
    You should unbundle as many dependencies as possible when
    writing a port so that the dependencies are installed only
    once and can be kept up to date easily.

    You may need to add new ports for these unbundled dependencies.
    For example, CxxUrl is an independent project [1] that should be
    packaged and then the bundled copy should be replaced with a
    dependency to that package.

    Yours,
    Robert Clausecker

    [1]: https://github.com/chmike/CxxUrl
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  • From abi@abi@abinet.ru to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Tue Feb 3 16:01:01 2026
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    On 2/3/26 15:33, Robert Clausecker wrote:
    Hi Abi,

    Am Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 02:37:34PM +0300 schrieb abi:
    Hello,

    I'm porting a program that puts unnecessary stuff in the staging directory, >> for example

    ====> Checking for pkg-plist issues (check-plist)
    Parsing plist
    Checking for items in STAGEDIR missing from pkg-plist
    Error: Orphaned: include/CxxUrl/string.hpp
    Error: Orphaned: include/CxxUrl/url.hpp
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/base.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/jwt.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/boost-json/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/boost-json/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/danielaparker-jsoncons/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/danielaparker-jsoncons/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/defaults.h.mustache
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/kazuho-picojson/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/kazuho-picojson/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/nlohmann-json/defaults.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/jwt-cpp/traits/nlohmann-json/traits.h
    Error: Orphaned: include/picojson/picojson.h
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlConfig.cmake
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlConfigVersion.cmake
    Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake >> Error: Orphaned: lib/cmake/CxxUrl/CxxUrlTargets.cmake
    Error: Orphaned: lib/libCxxUrl.a
    Error: Orphaned: @dir cmake


    What is the best way to deal with it?
    Some of these are bundled dependencies it seems.
    You should unbundle as many dependencies as possible when
    writing a port so that the dependencies are installed only
    once and can be kept up to date easily.

    You may need to add new ports for these unbundled dependencies.
    For example, CxxUrl is an independent project [1] that should be
    packaged and then the bundled copy should be replaced with a
    dependency to that package.

    Yours,
    Robert Clausecker

    [1]: https://github.com/chmike/CxxUrl


    Aha, I knew something was fishy with the idea to delete excessive files. jwt-cpp is a bundled dependency as well [1]

    [1]: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/blob/main/devel/jwt-cpp/pkg-plist



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