Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 12:05:45 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for testers: MythTV 0.21 port upgrade Message-ID: <20081105010545.GA57956@dereel.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20081104202902.614f0adf.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <490B64FC.60608@FreeBSD.org> <20081104072440.GA44156@dereel.lemis.com> <20081104202902.614f0adf.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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--3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday, 4 November 2008 at 20:29:02 +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:24:40 +1100 > Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> One thing that has been a bone of contention in this port is the >> handling of deleting the 'mythtv' user when removing the port. I >> don't believe that the user should disappear just because the port is >> removed; it's often easier to remove a port and reinstall it rather >> than upgrade it. I'm told that the correct behaviour is that the user >> should only be removed if no files under ~mythtv have changed. > > If no "better way" surfaces, perhaps it can be handled in the same way > as it is for the postfix port? > I believe this port asks the user if he / she wants to remove the > postfix user when the port is de-installed. This seems reasonable as a backup solution, but I really hate interactive ports: they make it difficult to automate things. I've been told that there is a way, but I haven't had the time to investigate it. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkQ8WcACgkQIubykFB6QiMMbQCbBUQeLjFlwnzwuOxghiW9qV9p /okAn02+176WUvBVAojGdRON/NL4Doc3 =2V1J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz--
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