Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 12:53:05 -0400 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@unix-ag.uni-kl.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Symlinks to directories and PLIST? Message-ID: <20000518125304.A38059@argon.blackdawn.com> In-Reply-To: <20000518162815.A32408@fettuccini.unix-ag.uni-kl.de>; from naddy@unix-ag.uni-kl.de on Thu, May 18, 2000 at 04:28:15PM %2B0200 References: <20000518162815.A32408@fettuccini.unix-ag.uni-kl.de>
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On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 04:28:15PM +0200, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > I have an application here that insists on creating symlinks to > directories, e.g. > > share/App/nls/C/ > share/App/nls/en -> C > share/App/nls/en_US -> C > > How to handle these in the PLIST? @unexec rm -f %D/share/App/nls/en @unexec rm -f %D/share/App/nls/en_US @dirrm share/app/nls/C/ IMHO, nls (and other kinds of things) should be handled by MTREE, not PLISTs, because they are general information.. too many programs of all disciplines use these directories.. it's not a great idea to put these in the PLISTs, too much ``@unexec rmdir %D/... || true'' crap fills the PLISTs if we do that.. and it'd be much easier just to do it once in a mtree file instead.. -- Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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