Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:03:41 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't pkg-plist list directories? Message-ID: <20050428080341.GM1175@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <1114610923.45212.16.camel@dirk.no.domain> References: <1114610923.45212.16.camel@dirk.no.domain>
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On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 12:08:41AM +1000, Sam Lawrance wrote: > Aside from the fact that the pkg_* tools don't currently support it, is > there a reason why we use @dirrm in packing lists rather than just > listing the directories? Foolproofing. If I copy a file to etc/foo where foo is a directory, but I forgot to create the directory first I end up with the file foo in etc/. Having the pkg-plist explicitely stating it as a directory, it will throw an error and the maintainer (and eeeeeeverybody else) will know he made a mistake. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://weblog.barnet.com.au/edwin/
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