Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:52:18 -0400 From: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> To: freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BEWARE upgrading Horde System Message-ID: <C3DD3AB7-6C76-4E45-B335-4CCBCFB9C044@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <20060410145555.291wa5oc0s04gko0@netchild.homeip.net> References: <20060407032220.W947@ganymede.hub.org> <1144391457.23833.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <44363371.9050200@fromley.net> <20060407141831.GA65673@pentarou.parodius.com> <20060408075305.GB58919@graf.pompo.net> <20060409050018.X1096@ganymede.hub.org> <20060409201012.GF93845@graf.pompo.net> <20060409203111.S1096@ganymede.hub.org> <20060410075351.GA40925@graf.pompo.net> <20060410145555.291wa5oc0s04gko0@netchild.homeip.net>
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On Apr 10, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > So it makes a copy to the config file from the .dist one on > installation and removes the config if it is equal to the .dist one > on deinstallation. It may be the case that you have to do the same > thing in the port Makefile too (when @exec isn't executed when > installing from source). Another alternative would be a pkg-(de) > install script which handles the removal in the pre-deinstall case > and the copy in the post-install case. > The mail/postfix port does this for a handful of config files. It really upsets people and confuses them when you hide their config files or delete them.
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