From owner-cvs-all Mon Aug 17 14:48:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA28765 for cvs-all-outgoing; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:48:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from localhost.my.domain (ppp6425.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.208.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA28747; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:48:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hoek@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost (tim@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA05111; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 17:47:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ac199@hwcn.org) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: tim owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 17:47:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek X-Sender: tim@localhost Reply-To: ac199@hwcn.org To: "David O'Brien" cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/lang/glibstdc++28 Makefile In-Reply-To: <19980817100001.B29597@nuxi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 1998 at 02:40:16AM -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > Either that, or the bug was that the port leaves too gaping of a > > window of time where PLIST points to an invalid file. > > I can't think of any reason a port would need to modify its plist once > > past the post-build target. > > The bug is not with my port -- the bug is that the new bsd.port.mk tests > for the existance of PLIST *BEFORE* any of the *-install targets are > done. Thus if you frob it in "pre-install", bsd.port.mk won't notice it. Well, from a simply pragmatic perspective, this gives ports a chance twiddle their final plist. Or, perhaps a chance to read their final plist potentially as an installation guide. Are their any ports that legitimately need to modify their plist during *-install? Usually installation decisions are made during *-configure... -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund.