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Date:      Wed, 8 Aug 2001 18:45:44 +1000 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        Mark Peek <mark@whistle.com>
Cc:        Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>, <audit@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] fix a file(1) minor POLA stretching
Message-ID:  <20010808183309.M6269-100000@besplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <p0510030bb795ce34d864@[207.76.207.129]>

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On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Mark Peek wrote:

> >The fix is simple: build and install the new magic database along
> >with the old file.  Patch attached.

Building at install time breaks installing from readonly object trees
(if the sources somehow become out of date).

> Index: Makefile
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/freebsd/src/usr.bin/file/Makefile,v
> retrieving revision 1.18
> diff -u -r1.18 Makefile
> --- Makefile	2001/07/30 03:50:04	1.18
> +++ Makefile	2001/08/07 17:11:47
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>  # Hacked and dismembered for bmake (Geoff Rehmet).
>
>  MAGICFILE=	/usr/share/misc/magic
> +MAGICDB=	${MAGICFILE}.mgc
>  MAGICMODE=	444
>
>  SRCDIR=		${.CURDIR}/../../contrib/file
> @@ -51,12 +52,17 @@
>  magic:	$(MAGFILES)
>  	cat $(MAGFILES) > $(.TARGET)
>
> +magic.mgc: file magic
> +	./file -C -m magic
> +
>  CLEANFILES+=	print-hacked.c
>  print-hacked.c: print.c
>  	sed -e 's|daylight|0/*daylight*/|g' ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET}
>
> -beforeinstall:
> +beforeinstall: magic.mgc
>  	$(INSTALL) $(COPY) -o $(BINOWN) -g $(BINGRP) -m $(MAGICMODE) \
>  	    magic $(DESTDIR)$(MAGICFILE)
> +	$(INSTALL) $(COPY) -o $(BINOWN) -g $(BINGRP) -m $(MAGICMODE) \
> +	    magic.mgc $(DESTDIR)$(MAGICDB)
>
>  .include <bsd.prog.mk>

It is always a bug for beforeinstall to depend on a file.  This bug
is currently only in the following Makefiles:

./kerberos5/Makefile.inc:beforeinstall: ${INCLUDES}
./kerberosIV/Makefile.inc:beforeinstall: ${INCLUDES}
./lib/libncurses/Makefile:beforeinstall:	${HEADERS}
./secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile:beforeinstall:  openssl/opensslconf.h openssl/evp.h
./secure/lib/libssl/Makefile:beforeinstall:  openssl/opensslconf.h openssl/evp.h

Bruce


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