Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 11:35:41 +0500 From: Anton Voronin <anton@urc.ac.ru> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> Cc: kevlo@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/25451: Update port: net/tas 1.0 -> 1.1 Message-ID: <3AA333BD.B3337038@urc.ac.ru> References: <200102281612.f1SGCLx62662@freefall.freebsd.org> <3A9DF470.539FA064@urc.ac.ru> <20010304182256.D71838@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > Well, I intentionally didn't mention *.conf files in pkg-plist so they
> > wouldn't be erased on pkg_delete. For example, apache and other ports do the
> > same but in more sophisticated way, comparing whether or not their conf files
> > were modified. Is this the only accepted way to prevent conf files from
> > deletion?
>
> I think it's better to install *.conf files as *.conf.sample, so they
> aren't picked up by the program upon startup, and may safely be removed/
> updated across upgrades. Then, you may put something in the pkg-message
> letting the user know that a sample file has been installed; most of the
> time, though, this is not even necessary (except for especially clueless
> users ;)
Does this mean that *.conf sample should be installed, but *.conf should not be?
I have *.conf.default files that are installed together with *.conf files, that's
why I wanted to include *.conf.default in pkg-list but not to include *.conf.
Best regards,
Anton
> G'luck,
> Peter
>
> --
> If I had finished this sentence,
--
Anton Voronin
Ural Regional Center of FREEnet,
Southern Ural State University,
Chelyabinsk, Russia
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