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Date:      Tue, 3 Aug 2021 20:28:01 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 184d64af1344 - main - locales: stop hardcoding the directories in the mtree
Message-ID:  <1acb127e-1d2c-4c9f-96e6-23bfbf9695ac@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <202108031732.173HWXr9049195@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
References:  <202108031732.173HWXr9049195@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>

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3 août 2021 19:32:44 Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>:

>> The branch main has been updated by bapt:
>>
>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=184d64af1344d6f3c370499510cede49320f4863
>>
>> commit 184d64af1344d6f3c370499510cede49320f4863
>> Author:     Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
>> AuthorDate: 2021-08-03 12:25:00 +0000
>> Commit:     Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
>> CommitDate: 2021-08-03 12:25:00 +0000
>>
>>     locales: stop hardcoding the directories in the mtree
>>    
>>     The framework knows how to create directories and tag them properly
>>     for a the creation of a mtree, not need to hardcode all the locales
>>     entries in bsd.usr.mk
>>    
>>     This simplifies addition of new locales but also allow people building
>>     with WITHOUT_LOCALES to end up with a directory full of empty files
>
> The uses of /etc/mtree go beyond the simple directory creation,
> please cause something to build a BSD.locale.dist file and install
> it in /etc/mtree to replace the functionality removal you have
> just performed.
>
> Thanks,
> Rod
>

Please provide a valid use case not working anymore after this change and I will consider.

Note that this is not the only part of the tree where the same thing is done.

Best,
Bapt



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