From owner-svn-ports-all@freebsd.org Wed Mar 8 13:16:22 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F226ECFB516; Wed, 8 Mar 2017 13:16:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) Received: from mailrelay105.isp.belgacom.be (mailrelay105.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.20.132]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "relay.skynet.be", Issuer "GlobalSign Organization Validation CA - SHA256 - G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F290111E; Wed, 8 Mar 2017 13:16:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) X-Belgacom-Dynamic: yes X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BdBgDBAsBY/0nD8VFdHAEBBAEBCgEBg?= =?us-ascii?q?1FREHgSg2CKDHOQWSkBlQ6CDSqCQoM2AoI3QBgBAgEBAQEBAQFrKIUWAQUjMyM?= =?us-ascii?q?QCw4GBAICBSECAg8qHgYTigMKsBWCJop+AQEBAQEBAQMBAQEBAQEBIYELijKHW?= =?us-ascii?q?oJfBZw2hnaLNXaBElOEUIoCkz4fOIEDNywIhxQ/NYoTAQEB?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BdBgDBAsBY/0nD8VFdHAEBBAEBCgEBg1FREHgSg2CKDHO?= =?us-ascii?q?QWSkBlQ6CDSqCQoM2AoI3QBgBAgEBAQEBAQFrKIUWAQUjMyMQCw4GBAICBSECA?= =?us-ascii?q?g8qHgYTigMKsBWCJop+AQEBAQEBAQMBAQEBAQEBIYELijKHWoJfBZw2hnaLNXa?= =?us-ascii?q?BElOEUIoCkz4fOIEDNywIhxQ/NYoTAQEB?= Received: from 73.195-241-81.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be (HELO kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org) ([81.241.195.73]) by relay.skynet.be with ESMTP; 08 Mar 2017 14:16:18 +0100 Received: from kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org [127.0.0.1]) by kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v28DGIHZ061475; Wed, 8 Mar 2017 14:16:18 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from tijl@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 14:16:18 +0100 From: Tijl Coosemans To: Mathieu Arnold Cc: Dag-Erling =?UTF-8?B?U23DuHJncmF2?= , ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r435576 - head/devel/pkgconf Message-ID: <20170308141618.68c6f0ec@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: References: <201703070103.v2713JtB059883@repo.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 13:16:23 -0000 On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 22:02:44 +0100 Mathieu Arnold wrote: > Le 07/03/2017 =C3=A0 02:03, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav a =C3=A9crit : >> Author: des >> Date: Tue Mar 7 01:03:19 2017 >> New Revision: 435576 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/435576 >> >> Log: >> Change the search path to include ${PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig ahead of >> the usual ${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig and /usr/libdata/pkgconfig. >> This renders 82.6% of Mk/Uses/pathfix.mk obsolete. >=20 > I am wondering how you came to commit this without getting approval > from portmgr. >=20 > We always had a policy about putting the pkg-config files in > libdata/pkgconfig and not in lib. >=20 > And you just changed that 20 years old policy without even a > discussion about the repercussions it would have. >=20 > For example, there is a lot of software around that knows that FreeBSD > has the .pc files in libdata/pkgconfig, and now, with this, you are > paving the way to moving things in lib, and I figure we are going to > need a USES=3Dpathunfix to put things where you changed it. >=20 >=20 > So, before changing this policy, I am going to ask you, as portmgr, to > please back the change out. >=20 >=20 > Once this is done, and if you feel strongly about it, we can always > discuss changing the policy, and then test that it will not break > things, and then, maybe change the policy. But only after all those > steps. There's a thread on ports@ and arch@ "manpath change for ports ?" Can you voice your concerns there so we can keep the discussion there? So far the thread has received nothing but positive feedback.