Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:22:28 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Much <pmc@citylink.dinoex.sub.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports setting UIDs/GIDs broadscape: "chmod -R" likely breaks things! Message-ID: <47990194.3050101@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20080123123208.GA71035@gate.oper.dinoex.org> References: <20080123123208.GA71035@gate.oper.dinoex.org>
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Peter Much wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> a couple of Ports have in the install part of their Makefiles
> constructs like this:
>
> @ ${CHOWN} -R pgsql:pgsql ~pgsql/. ;\
>
> I perceive this as very problematic. For instance: Below ~pgsql
> there at least two mounted filesystems, both with a .snap directory,
> which must be GID-operator.
> Furthermore, ~pgsql is a fine place fore lots of data-import- and
> -export-directories, each belonging to user or group of the corresponding
> foreign subsystem.
>
> Now any time I reinstall or upgrade the port, all of this gets
> destroyed, and has to be manually recreated.
>
> Is there any way to configure such unwanted modifications to not
> happen? Maybe some central switch or Makefile.local or anything
> I might have overlooked, which can be added and will persist the
> updating of the ports tree (simply editing these Makefiles is not
> feasible as they will be updated from CVS).
>
> If not, then I would strongly suggest that Ports maintainers
> modify only and maximally those files+directories which get removed
> and recreated during port upgrades.
Yes, that seems overly broad. Please bring it up with the respective
maintainers.
Kris
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