Running a script during port build

[conrads at cox.net (Conrad J. Sabatier)]

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:18:34 -0600, "Conrad J. Sabatier"
<conrads_(_at_)_cox_(_dot_)_net> wrote:

> I'm trying to get a script to run as part of an update to
> games/gnuchess (to optionally create the opening book for gnuchess). 
> I've placed the script under games/gnuchess/scripts as "pre-install",
> but it never seems to be getting invoked.
> 
> Has the use of a scripts dir for ports been deprecated?  If not, what
> does it take to get the script to actually be run?
> 
> Thanks.

I should add that the reason I'm asking is because I tried simply
invoking the script from the Makefile, but none of the port environment
variables (such as $DISTDIR, etc.) are exported to the script.

What's the preferred way of doing this?

-- 
Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads_(_at_)_cox_(_dot_)_net> -- "In Unix veritas"