Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:51:41 +0100 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-toolkits/tk84 Makefile Message-ID: <405CBCED.3060804@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <1079813034.76087.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <200403200723.i2K7NhiY026295@repoman.freebsd.org> <405C1186.5040002@fillmore-labs.com> <1079813034.76087.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 04:40, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
>
>>Dirk Meyer wrote:
>>
>>
>>>dinoex 2004/03/19 23:23:43 PST
>>>
>>> FreeBSD ports repository
>>>
>>> Modified files:
>>> x11-toolkits/tk84 Makefile
>>> Log:
>>> - abort when /nonexistent does exist.
>>
>>Is there a reason why it should?
>
>
> We have seen a few instances where programs create a /nonexistent
> directory if it is set as a user's (usually a sandbox user's) home
> directory. Granted, this is a bug, but most users don't know this
> directory was created, and then run into problems installing certain
> ports.
We should test for this in bsd.port.mk then. And/or write a periodic
script.
Thanks for the explanation
Oliver
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