Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 00:51:37 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Reflections on Trusting Trust Message-ID: <20051201055137.GA84687@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20051201053826.GF32006@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <20051129120151.5A2FB16A420@hub.freebsd.org> <438CE78F.303@freebsd.org> <4155.193.68.33.1.1133340924.squirrel@193.68.33.1> <200511301336.10782.andreas.nemeth@aporem.net> <20051130175835.GD32006@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <20051130193811.GA76243@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051201053826.GF32006@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 04:38:26PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-Nov-30 14:38:11 -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 04:58:36AM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> >
> >> Note that the only ports-related file that can't be moved out of the
> >> ports tree is 'INDEX'.
> >
> >Set INDEXFILE.
>=20
> INDEXFILE always appears to be prepended with ${.CURDIR} or ${PORTSDIR}
> This means you can change it's name but you can't move it out of the
> ports tree. Symlinks won't work because 'make index' begins with
> rm -f ${.CURDIR}/${INDEXFILE} (thought 'make INDEX' avoids this).
Hmm, I think you're right..we should fix this. Probably we have to
add a new variable like INDEXPATH for backwards compatibility. Can
you submit a PR noting the problem so it doesn't get forgotten?
Kris
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