Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:41:49 +0200 From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: Alastair Rankine <arsptr@optusnet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/96301: [patch] Upgrade instiki to 0.11.0 Message-ID: <1146051709.41935.50.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> In-Reply-To: <E8AEFE32-FD77-4AEB-A0AC-B9079DFD019C@optusnet.com.au> References: <200604260830.k3Q8Un8s031542@freefall.freebsd.org> <C701D6DB-6DAB-4A70-AD37-A3B3B4A35749@optusnet.com.au> <1146050157.41935.37.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> <E8AEFE32-FD77-4AEB-A0AC-B9079DFD019C@optusnet.com.au>
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Alastair Rankine p=ED=B9e v st 26. 04. 2006 v 21:31 +1000:
> >>> This port leaves one file behind when uninstalled:
> >>>
> >>> /usr/local/instiki/db/production.db.sqlite3
> >>>
> >>> should I add it to the pkg-plist?
> >>
> >> That is the database file for your wiki.
> >>
> >> It's user data, hence deliberately excluded from the pkg-plist.
> >
> > So, what will we do with it? It must not be left behind.
> > I assume there is some kind of empty "default" database in there?
> > That could be safely removed, if it's not modified by the user.
> >
> > Not having it in plist also means, that it will not be installed from
> > package.
>=20
> How can the port detect whether the database has been modified by the =20
> user? Or to put it another way, how would the port block the deletion =20
> of this file on uninstall, if the database had been modified?
>=20
> What's the usual resolution in cases like this?
I would suggest two possible solutions
1) Install an empty database as empty.db and compare with production.db
on deinstall, if the files are identical, delete both
2) Move database into /var/db/instiki where it can be left after
deinstalation without anyone complaining.
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Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz>
<pav@FreeBSD.org>
Some programmers are able to write FORTRAN in any language.
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