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Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/lang/python/pkg PLIST
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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 * >   Modified:    lang/python/pkg  PLIST
 * >   Log:
 * >   List all files in lib/python, plus one @exec/unexec mkdir/rmdir pair
 * >   for an empty directory.
 * 
 * But..  Why?

Several reasons....

(1) pkg_delete can't delete the subdirectory registered by fake-pkg if 
    it's only the directory name.  (And don't go fix it to use rm -r,
    there *might* be user files added after installation.)

(2) Makes it harder to accidentally include some post-installation
    addition.  I learned my lesson when I shipped my private
    dictionary with the Wnn port. ;)

I'm actually thinking of adding --norecurse to the tar command line.
That will solve the above problems by forcing PLIST writers to list
all the files.  Also, writing PLIST will simply be a matter of "find ."
.... :)  (It doesn't work now because you have to exclude
directories...but have to list empty directories separately....etc.)

Satoshi