Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:33:29 -0500 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Making sample files easier Message-ID: <522155F9.9020709@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1308301858460.3091@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1308301858460.3091@wonkity.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --NeCbxcoBGAGlTDWj1veJdo1ia8L2r7tpm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 8/30/2013 9:10 PM, Warren Block wrote: > Sample files, like sample configuration files, are supposed to be > installed if there is no identical file present. If a user-modified > version is present, the sample file should not overwrite it, nor should= > that user-modified file be removed on deinstall. But unmodified sample= > files should be removed on deinstall. >=20 > The logic to do this is confusing, full of double negatives and multipl= e > conditionals. The plist has to be modified. It ends up being scripted= > in the Makefile or elsewhere, inconsistently. >=20 > Is there any reason a standard SAMPLE_FILES=3D can't be used? Define > files that are samples there, and let a system Makefile handle it > consistently and make things easier for the port maintainer and the use= r. >=20 > Maybe something like this is planned? Sure, makes sense to me. Someone just needs to implement it. --=20 Regards, Bryan Drewery --NeCbxcoBGAGlTDWj1veJdo1ia8L2r7tpm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSIVX5AAoJEG54KsA8mwz53gwQALLC4ek23xCNxmk/QssIsx1t HWrXOW+EmTGr00BHOBxonJu7tfbTk8N6WqG4wDo7vGo5aT1yd7AG09q+7KM63Gq6 F0DOv9C6xe90x9HrOQqFMB4ccKYPjar7UPpH5Adr9V9X2kr/x8BjJ2VnNWsOSR+t NYqY0Nvq0y+UQak2Hb36vAc0fj96A4TC6MNbgJVbRzZPEOnLQSadVlqrZsDnKAnY yekF0VoqE45Nna1usJ5de2FwPew685JJv6aQ8RWVv0/9rkQ/hGuoEYuWgGYhsSFV viju4JRORwqnOGxxRLfVebkYA09JScVu2aKh9sYZPOuvT7D46DeZQUsmKeUbpxyP jpKuA+1jfscIWE37uow/5NOA1fO/Pt95vEXdieY/4w18k2eWMUgE7xiRCpI60kB6 Mt50uplsFvonSIyZCLLB3ceq4g98bU+fqn9gexa8b/O1xv6clKO6jJQjudlW8DFK +Po7ZdmhxJ4oEaDhoucYQM6EIs+Axf35OcwYEu/frajoZok3C+++UU9zuLizbH0S ffszgQ61W7cK7taExJ02O3AYjVizL84ySIe1at8aa8GuqYqY3PDIgphv0aaXlQJ2 TODDEhHRKCQEtq7FqybqTAt2D9/3ZAR3PMbgX8UGXfEtKpAQHDkQ/dhftvzkWt3e n9XIZ3gpb2LHtmmlaFKH =Y5Su -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NeCbxcoBGAGlTDWj1veJdo1ia8L2r7tpm--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?522155F9.9020709>