Rework the www/viewvc package some:

Put the preferences under PKG_SYSCONFDIR
Pre-set pkgsrc-dependend viewvc.conf entries
Lose the MESSAGE, it was pointless
Install the docs


(hauke)

$NetBSD: patch-conf_viewvc.conf.dist,v 1.1 2023/08/18 22:20:49 hauke Exp $

Make paths adaptable for pkgsrc installation.

--- conf/viewvc.conf.dist.orig	2023-01-04 14:48:34.000000000 +0000
+++ conf/viewvc.conf.dist
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@
 ##                    /etc/mime.types,
 ##                    /usr/local/apache2/conf/mime.types
 ##
-#mime_types_files = mimetypes.conf
+#mime_types_files = @PKG_SYSCONFDIR@/mimetypes.conf,
+#                   @PKG_SYSCONFBASE@/httpd/mime.types
 
 ## address: The address of the local repository maintainer.  (This
 ## option is provided only as a convenience for ViewVC installations
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@
 ## Example:
 ## rcs_dir = /usr/bin/
 ##
-#rcs_dir =
+rcs_dir = @RCSPATH@/
 
 ## cvsnt: Location of cvsnt program.  ViewVC can use CVSNT (www.cvsnt.org)
 ## instead of the RCS utilities to retrieve information from CVS
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@
 ## Example:
 ## diff = /usr/bin/diff
 ##
-#diff = 
+diff = @DIFF@
 
 ## cvsgraph: Location of the CvsGraph program, a graphical CVS version
 ## graph generator (see options.use_cvsgraph).
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@
 ## Example:
 ## cvsgraph = /usr/local/bin/cvsgraph
 ##
-#cvsgraph =
+cvsgraph = @PREFIX@/bin/cvsgraph
 
 
 ##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -662,7 +663,7 @@
 ## template_dir = templates/default
 ## template_dir = /opt/custom-viewvc-templates/templates
 #
-#template_dir = templates/default
+template_dir = @PREFIX@/@VIEWVCDIR@/templates/default
 
 ## docroot: Web path to a directory that contains ViewVC static files
 ## (stylesheets, images, etc.)  If set, static files will get
@@ -753,13 +754,13 @@
 
 ## use_cvsgraph: Use CvsGraph to offer visual graphs of CVS revision history.
 ##
-#use_cvsgraph = 0
+use_cvsgraph = @CVSGRAPH_OPT@
 
 ## cvsgraph_conf: Location of the customized cvsgraph configuration file.
 ## May be specified as an absolute path or as a path relative to this
 ## configuration file.
 ##
-#cvsgraph_conf = cvsgraph.conf
+cvsgraph_conf = @PKG_SYSCONFDIR@/cvsgraph.conf
 
 ## allowed_cvsgraph_useropts: A list of settings used for cvsgraph's
 ## user-modifiable behavior which can be changed in the graph display.

$NetBSD: patch-lib_viewvc.py,v 1.1 2023/08/18 22:20:49 hauke Exp $

Look for config file under PKG_SYSCONFDIR

--- lib/viewvc.py.orig	2023-01-04 14:48:34.000000000 +0000
+++ lib/viewvc.py
@@ -5158,6 +5158,7 @@ def load_config(pathname=None, server=No
   # default.
   pathname = (env_pathname
               or pathname
+              or "@PKG_SYSCONFDIR@/viewvc.conf"
               or os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
                               "viewvc.conf"))
 

$NetBSD: patch-viewvc-install,v 1.1 2023/08/18 22:20:49 hauke Exp $

Let pkgsrc machinery take care of config files 

--- viewvc-install.orig	2023-01-04 14:48:34.000000000 +0000
+++ viewvc-install
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ FILE_INFO_LIST = [
     ("bin/cvsdbadmin",            "bin/cvsdbadmin",            0755, 1, 0, 0),
     ("bin/svndbadmin",            "bin/svndbadmin",            0755, 1, 0, 0),
     ("bin/make-database",         "bin/make-database",         0755, 1, 0, 0),
-    ("conf/viewvc.conf.dist",     "viewvc.conf.dist",          0644, 0, 0, 0),
-    ("conf/viewvc.conf.dist",     "viewvc.conf",               0644, 0, 1, 0),
-    ("conf/cvsgraph.conf.dist",   "cvsgraph.conf.dist",        0644, 0, 0, 0),
-    ("conf/cvsgraph.conf.dist",   "cvsgraph.conf",             0644, 0, 1, 0),
-    ("conf/mimetypes.conf.dist",  "mimetypes.conf.dist",       0644, 0, 0, 0),
-    ("conf/mimetypes.conf.dist",  "mimetypes.conf",            0644, 0, 1, 0),
     ]
 if sys.platform == "win32":
   FILE_INFO_LIST.extend([
@@ -128,7 +122,7 @@ def replace_paths(contents):
         shbang = '#!' + sys.executable
         contents = re.sub('^#![^\n]*', _escape(shbang), contents)
     contents = replace_var(contents, 'LIBRARY_DIR', 'lib')
-    contents = replace_var(contents, 'CONF_PATHNAME', 'viewvc.conf')
+    contents = replace_var(contents, 'CONF_PATHNAME', '@PKG_SYSCONFDIR@/viewvc.conf')
     return contents