Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:33:31 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: please check your ports, pre-install vs pre-su-install Message-ID: <20060214193331.GA99387@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060214112901.A74586@xorpc.icir.org> References: <20060214112901.A74586@xorpc.icir.org>
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--opJtzjQTFsWo+cga Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 11:29:01AM -0800, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > just noticed (by running 'make install' as non-root > for some ports) that there are many ports in the tree > use 'pre-install' to perform actions (such as creating > directories etc) that actually require root permissions, > and for which i recently learned there is a pre-su-install > target. >=20 > It would be great if the maintainers could check their > ports and fix them if needed. > before the port freeze on the 20th, that is :) One of the things I'll be doing after the release is changing pointyhat to look for these (i.e. files installed in pre-install), so over time they can be eliminated. I'm not planning to do this before the 20th though. Kris --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD8jCLWry0BWjoQKURAjtwAJ9e6GUl19Mdxb6L12aA//fJQ2B4FQCg+jZB jn1Aj+6FABhh3kxTU8Vv744= =rSpy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga--
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