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Date:      Wed, 16 Apr 2003 20:26:53 +0900 (JST)
From:      Munehiro Matsuda <haro@kgt.co.jp>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        mbr@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/51028: vmware3 port creates symlink under /etc
Message-ID:  <20030416.202653.41626303.haro@kgt.co.jp>
Resent-Message-ID: <200304161130.h3GBU60Y044346@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         51028
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       vmware3 port creates symlink under /etc
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Apr 16 04:30:06 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Munehiro Matsuda
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD jkpc11.tt.kgt.co.jp 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #164: Wed Apr 16 13:48:08 JST 2003     haro@jkpc11.tt.kgt.co.jp:/home/haro/tmp/sys/i386/compile/NEWJKPC11  i386

vmware3 port version:
	vmware3-3.2.0-2230_1

>Description:

1. vmware3 related symbolic link gets created under /etc, as /etc/vmware.
  I don't like ports, that creates files under the base-system. ;-)
  Better create it under /compat/linux/etc.

2. Makefile has hardcodes "/compat/linux"

>How-To-Repeat:

# /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3
# make install
# ls -l /etc/vmware

>Fix:

--- Makefile.ctm	Wed Apr 16 16:03:23 2003
+++ Makefile	Wed Apr 16 19:23:59 2003
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@
 .endif
 
 post-install:
-	${LN} -sf ${PREFIX}/etc/vmware /etc/
-	@if [ ! -e /compat/linux/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware ]; then \
-		${LN} -sf ${PREFIX}/lib/vmware /compat/linux/usr/lib/vmware; \
+	${LN} -sf ${PREFIX}/etc/vmware ${LINUXBASE}/etc/
+	@if [ ! -e ${LINUXBASE}/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware ]; then \
+		${LN} -sf ${PREFIX}/lib/vmware ${LINUXBASE}/usr/lib/vmware; \
 	fi
 	@${CAT} ${PKGMESSAGE}
 
--- pkg-plist.ctm	Wed Apr 16 16:03:23 2003
+++ pkg-plist	Wed Apr 16 19:21:07 2003
@@ -317,10 +317,10 @@
 @exec chmod 666 %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/null
 @exec mknod %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/hda b 0 0x00010002
 @exec mknod %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/hdb b 0 0x0001000a
-@exec ln -sf %D/etc/vmware /etc/
+@exec ln -sf %D/etc/vmware %%LINUXBASE%%/etc/
 @exec mknod %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/vmmon c 200 0
 @exec mknod %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/vmnet1 c 149 %%VMNET1_MINOR%%
-@unexec rm -f /etc/vmware %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/vmmon %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/vmnet1 %%LINUXBASE%%/bin/df %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/tty[0-9]* %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/hd? %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/null
+@unexec rm -f %%LINUXBASE%%/etc/vmware %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/vmmon %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/vmnet1 %%LINUXBASE%%/bin/df %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/tty[0-9]* %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/hd? %%LINUXBASE%%/dev/null
 @dirrm etc/vmware
 @dirrm lib/vmware/bin
 @dirrm lib/vmware/lib/help
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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