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Date:      Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:22:34 +0400
From:      Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru>
To:        Tijl Coosemans <tijl@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, marino@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r366349 - head/archivers/rpm4
Message-ID:  <20140829132234.GI34677@hades.panopticon>
In-Reply-To: <20140829135928.28caa5f3@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>
References:  <201408272042.s7RKgFqF074882@svn.freebsd.org> <20140828101134.6f7b01ee@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <20140828102214.GH34677@hades.panopticon> <20140828142822.73c5cef4@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <20140829100025.GQ55025@hades.panopticon> <540051CF.7000301@marino.st> <20140829111457.GA2149@hades.panopticon> <20140829135928.28caa5f3@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>

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* Tijl Coosemans (tijl@FreeBSD.org) wrote:

> >>> Strange, poudriere doesn't complain on these any more (no, I haven't
> >>> used non-default prefix). So I've removed them.
> >>> 
> >>> And yes, @dirrmtry should've been used here. Regarding directories
> >>> shared by multiple ports, I still don't have clear understanding:
> >>> on one hand, if a directory is managed by dependency, it shouldn't
> >>> appear in the port plist. On the other hand, if a port is installed
> >>> with non-default prefix, it should manage all dirs it uses on its
> >>> own. I probably would prefer the latter as it's more flexible and
> >>> less error prone (what if dependent ports plist change and directory
> >>> is no longer shared).
> >> 
> >> if the directory is provided by a dependency 100% of the cases, then it
> >> shouldn't be in pkg-plist because it will try-fail 100% of the time.
> > 
> > As I've said, this 100% is unreliable as it may change sometime
> > 
> >> The non-standard prefix isn't an issue because all ports will have the
> >> same non-standard prefix.  There's no difference.
> > 
> > No, just an individual port may be installed with non-standard prefix
> > (while dependencies remain in standard one).
> 
> I think pkg will handle directories automatically once pkg_install has
> been removed.  Only empty directories and directories with special
> permissions will have to be listed in pkg-plist then.

That would be great.

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