Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:38:33 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Steve Wills <swills@FreeBSD.org>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkgng suggestion: renaming /usr/sbin/pkg to /usr/sbin/pkg-bootstrap Message-ID: <50380269.6020003@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20120824081543.GB2998@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <97612B57-1255-4BB3-A6D3-FC74324C6D67@FreeBSD.org> <20120824081543.GB2998@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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On 8/24/2012 1:15 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> BTW for people who haven't tested and want to share their opinion,
> here is how work /usr/sbin/pkg:
>
> it first checks if ${LOCALBASE}/sbin/pkg is there - if yes it
> directly execute ${LOCALBASE}/sbin/pkg with arguments passed to
> /usr/sbin/pkg
As others have already pointed out, this is a bad idea for a variety
of reasons, not the least of which is security related. It also
removes one of the primary benefits of pkg, that it be (fully) hosted
in the ports tree.
The bootstrap procedure does not need to be simple or transparent
because it's only going to exist for a very short period while users
are bringing pkg into already-installed systems where pkg is not
already the default; and they don't have an existing ports tree. The
way that you solve the bootstrap problem for systems where pkg IS the
default is to install the pkg package at system install time.
Let me rephrase that more simply ... very few users are ever going to
need the bootstrapping tool that will be in the base. Making it
mandatory for *every* user is therefore not only a bad idea, it's
contrary to one of the primary goals of the project.
Doug
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I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what
I can do.
-- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)
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