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Date:      Wed, 14 Jun 2017 20:54:33 -0600
From:      Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "Tobias C. Berner" <tcberner@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r443599 - head/Mk
Message-ID:  <42DEC213-DF22-4BDF-9EA2-876629BA763C@adamw.org>
In-Reply-To: <20170615015635.GA78699@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201706142018.v5EKIc8G062340@repo.freebsd.org> <20170615005515.GA26393@FreeBSD.org> <2E7EBFF9-6184-4CCA-BCAF-A3991EAF3A94@adamw.org> <20170615015635.GA78699@FreeBSD.org>

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> On 14 Jun, 2017, at 19:56, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 07:44:49PM -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote:
>>> On 14 Jun, 2017, at 18:55, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> =
wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 08:18:38PM +0000, Tobias C. Berner wrote:
>>>> New Revision: 443599
>>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/443599
>>>>=20
>>>> Log:
>>>> Add note, that WRKDIRPREFIX must not end in '/'.
>>>>=20
>>>> PR:		199297
>>>=20
>>> This is stupid, fragile, error-prone appoach that does not even =
cover all
>>> cases (like shown in the PR) when no paths end in slash but the =
problem
>>> still occurs.  Did you read the analysis of my original problem =
carefully
>>> enough?  It was not about slashes, it was symlinks and realpath.
>>>=20
>>> You might not like proposed solution but then think of something =
better;
>>> computers are smart enough to handle slashes automagically rather =
than
>>> depend on that unrealiable human beings will follow the rules and =
notes.
>>=20
>> Okay, but WRKDIRPREFIX still shouldn't end in a slash though, and a
>> comment saying not to put a slash at the end is a pretty reasonable =
move.
>=20
> Oh I don't mind the comment (esp. that I'm not a big fan of =
superfluous
> slashes appended to directories), but was somewhat disappointed that =
my PR
> was closed as WONTFIX (works as intended) with no response to analysis =
of
> the problem, no discussion of the proposed solution, etc.  All the =
effor
> was flushed down the toilet.
>=20
> Needless to say, the problem is still there until someone else trips =
on it
> and opens a similar PR.

I agree, WRKDIRPREFIX not ending in / is only tangentially related to =
the problem you reported.

Consider opening a new PR (199297 turned into a different issue) and =
attaching a patch. And there probably is merit to finding out what other =
stuff breaks when WRKDIRPREFIX !=3D realpath WRKDIRPREFIX.

# Adam


--=20
Adam Weinberger
adamw@adamw.org
https://www.adamw.org






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