Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 08:48:06 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Kirill Ponomarew <krion@voodoo.oberon.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: pkg-plist strict enforcement starting Message-ID: <20050114214806.GG1175@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <20050114213405.GA10065@voodoo.oberon.net> References: <20050113062739.GA28658@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0501131148520.25402-100000@pancho> <20050113180504.GA26064@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050114130404.250d6e26@apircalabu.dsd.ro> <20050114112918.GF69532@voodoo.oberon.net> <20050114211206.GF1175@k7.mavetju> <20050114213405.GA10065@voodoo.oberon.net>
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On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 10:34:05PM +0100, Kirill Ponomarew wrote: > On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 08:12:06AM +1100, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > > Maybe we need two additional @ commands for pkg-plist: > > > > - @dirrmifempty foo/bar > > does do what "@unexec rmdir %D/foo/bar 2>/dev/null || true" does. > > > > - @rmifdifferent foo/bar foo/baz > > does do what "@unexec cmp %D/foo/bar %D/foo/baz && rm %D/foo/bar" does. > > > > This way we > > > > - have an easy and consistent syntax for a difficult command > > > > - have less chance for errors (forgetting %D, && instead of ||) > > > > Comments? > > Sounds interesting, but I'd change @rmifdifferent to something like > @rmconfig since it's used by config files in most cases. Question of course is, how do we upgrade pkg_delete. Looks like it is part of sysutils/pkg_install. I'm going to think about it this weekend and hopefully more people will give their comments on it. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://weblog.barnet.com.au/edwin/
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