Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 18:17:43 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Mel Flynn <rflynn@acsalaska.net> Cc: Ports FreeBSD <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Packages target Message-ID: <20120525161742.GK99104@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <4FBF8AA6.30304@acsalaska.net> References: <4FBF8AA6.30304@acsalaska.net>
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--3D7yMlnunRPwJqC7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 03:35:34PM +0200, Mel Flynn wrote: > Hi, >=20 > over the past few weeks I've been using the ports system without any > ports-mgmt tool and have become utterly convinced that the PACKAGE_SEQ > needs to be PACKAGE_SUSEQ for all but package-message. > The primary reason is that the install target can install hierarchies or > files not readable by the unprivileged user and as such the package > target will fail. >=20 > I'm not aware of any downsides to making this change in bpm or am I > overlooking something? > --=20 > Mel > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I think the real thing to do there, is to work on the stagedir support so t= hat everything but packaging/syncing can be done as a user and only syncing/packaging would need root privilege. If someone is willing to work on that please contact me, I have some prelim= inary work on this and I can share it. regards, Bapt --3D7yMlnunRPwJqC7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk+/sKYACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EzfpACgvq/E4F4ahcCJrcALCXky3apn JZcAn3oMLldGPtpCjmT0vt/8JO69e1p8 =RWRH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3D7yMlnunRPwJqC7--
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