Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:00:35 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org>, Stanislav Sedov <ssedov@mbsd.msk.ru>, portmgr@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD.local.dist - share/locale Message-ID: <op.tessa2d69aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420608240750y374ba12es2afbe254acf126cc@mail.gmail.com> References: <cb5206420608240626g7f3756c9g8754d7a437c5fd25@mail.gmail.com> <op.tesirrx09aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <cb5206420608240750y374ba12es2afbe254acf126cc@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:50:52 -0500, Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On 8/24/06, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> wrote: >> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:26:53 -0500, Andrew Pantyukhin >> <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >> >> > I can't help thinking that the way we're trying to deal with >> > locale directories is far from optimal. IMHO, there are >> > several ways to improve the state of things: >> >> I think the current how we handle locale is a bit silly, so I personal >> in >> favor of create localehier like misc/gnomehier than four suggested >> below.. >> Honestly, I would be more rather to put mtree that is for ports in >> somewhere of /usr/ports/ than /etc/mtree/ that way any version of >> FreeBSD >> won't have any of left over directories problem. > > It's a good idea, but we're back at the second question - > what if someone fancies to pkg_delete -xf gnomehier? > There will be no way to get a clean system after that > other than by reinstalling gnomehier and deleting it after > all the ports requiring it. Why would someone want to delete it when it is need? Same things with why would someone delete library when apps need it? I think it's not our problem as I haven't seen anyone do that with gnomehier. > And in case we ignore it and say that one should not > deinstall a foo-dep before foo, then the whole point of > the latest locale-related pkg-plist fixes is lost. I don't see any problem as you can install gnomehier back in, same as with put library back in. Unless, I don't get it. Cheers, Mezz -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org
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