Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 19:36:35 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/nwclient602 pkg-plist Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210271936160.15449-100000@beppo> In-Reply-To: <20021028031512.GA42590@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Thank you for clarifying it. Seems a good change. On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 07:01:56PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > Please back it out and discuss it with me some first, okay? I need to > > understand what you're trying to accomplish with removing a a directory > > which may have critical modified user data in it. > > > > It's quite possible that the whole pkg-plist is flawed wrt how ports > > stuff should work, but I believe that since I'm actively maintaining > > this port that you might want to at least tell me where you think its > > wrong. > > Every other file and directory created under this directory is already > being removed, and if by chance some other user-created files happen > to be left behind, the rmdir will fail and the files will be preserved > (the pre-existing rmdirs will also fail in this case). > > This commit will not damage any user data, and its purpose is to make > 'make install deinstall' of the port (or equivalent pkg_add ...; > pkg_delete ...) revert the system to an untouched state. > > Kris > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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