Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 15:08:24 +0100 From: Mario Freitas <sub_0@netcabo.pt> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porter's Handbook Mistake? Message-ID: <1061647704.7607.20.camel@suzy.unbreakable.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20030823101050.GA391@FreeBSD.org> References: <1061601117.42555.0.camel@suzy.unbreakable.homeunix.org> <20030823101050.GA391@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 11:10, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> On 2003.08.23 03:08:53 +0100, Mário Freitas wrote:
> > I folks,
> > While I was reading the porter's handbook (once more) I think
> > I've found a mistake at Chapter 12, part 3:
> >
> > "This script will be run twice by pkg_delete(1). The first time as ${SH}
> > pkg-install ${PKGNAME} DEINSTALL and the second time as ${SH}
> > pkg-install ${PKGNAME} POST-DEINSTALL."
> >
> >
> > Shouldn't it be:
> > "This script will be run twice by pkg_delete(1). The first time as ${SH}
> > pkg-deinstall ${PKGNAME} PRE-DEINSTALL and the second time as ${SH}
> > pkg-deinstall ${PKGNAME} POST-DEINSTALL." ?
>
> I don't think so.. From pkg_delete(1):
>
> ...
> distribution. The deinstall script is called as:
> script <pkg-name> DEINSTALL
> where pkg-name is the name of the package in question and DEINSTALL is a
> keyword denoting this as the pre-deinstallation phase.
> ...
> The post-deinstall script is called as:
> script <pkg-name> POST-DEINSTALL
> where pkg-name is the name of the package in question and POST-DEINSTALL
> is a keyword denoting this as the post-deinstallation phase.
>
> and a quick check of the pkg_delete source code seems to confirm this.
Yes you're right, wouldn't be better , "pkg-deinstall" (PRE-DEINSTALL
and POST-DEINSTALL) just for a better standardization? Or is there any
better reason, behind all this, not
to do "pkg-deinstall"(including both "targets") the default script
filename?
Thanks in advance.
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Mário Freitas (sub_0@netcabo.pt)
Núcleo Português de FreeBSD (NPF)
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