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Date:      Sun, 25 Aug 1996 14:07:36 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        asami@FreeBSD.org (Satoshi Asami)
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: rtty port again.. 
Message-ID:  <6184.841007256@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 25 Aug 1996 02:20:42 PDT." <199608250920.CAA02167@baloon.mimi.com> 

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> Anyway, my change has little (if anything) to do with this bug itself.
> I've always been uncomfortable about having packing lists that don't
> have the list of files installed.  (There is an issue of your new
> checksum-per-file thing too -- how's it going to work on a PLIST like
> "rtty" ?)

The problem with this is that it leaves the empty directory around
after you've deleted all the files out of it.  Yes, there's still a
problem with the checksumming if you just list the directories as
well.  Hmmmmmm..

> What I'd really like to see is pkg_create actually expanding the
> subdirectories in the packing list.  (Of course this could be done by
> pkg_add, but since pkg_create is the one that generates checksums,
> it's better if it's expanded before that.)

I could do that.

						Jordan



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