Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 09:51:41 -0400 From: Joseph Ward <jbwlists@hilltopgroup.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any way to prevent do-extract chmod and chown? Message-ID: <9a359e4c-f1ca-4ee5-45fc-8dd96283695a@hilltopgroup.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ7zAFABqyE-H3-JAF2D1_zT==vhEHiG6UstcVq358KsZw@mail.gmail.com> References: <dbfc8dbc-547c-74d9-e2dc-3cb3367293e1@hilltopgroup.com> <20180628082738.uv3bs6jmrrp52h5m@atuin.in.mat.cc> <dca25697-9a4f-deb7-f36d-7753d0fd27ae@hilltopgroup.com> <20180628220559.hwwvidjzwlaxtq4x@atuin.in.mat.cc> <CAOjFWZ7zAFABqyE-H3-JAF2D1_zT==vhEHiG6UstcVq358KsZw@mail.gmail.com>
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Thank you, I'll look into that tool and will reply back (for future seekers) if it does what I need. -Joseph On 06/28/2018 19:00, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 3:06 PM Mathieu Arnold, <mat@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 01:43:41PM -0400, Joseph Ward wrote: >>> Thank you. I found that to be the case; even though changing the >>> "do-extract" target successfully staged the files and directories with >>> the original permissions, pkg create seems to strip them out again >>> without the pkg-plist additions. >>> >>> Are you aware of an easy/already existing command to create the >>> pkg-plist with the user/group/permissions items for each file, or is >>> that a script I'm going to have to write manually? I'm currently using >>> the makeplist target as there are no subsitutions or anything else that >>> would screw up the default scenario. >> I am not aware of anything. But if you already have "stuff" creating a >> big hierarchy with many users and groups, it may be easier to adapt >> "stuff" to generate a pkg-plist file, or maybe to split your ports into >> smaller, more manageable bits. >> >> make makeplist will give you a correct listing of files and >> directories, but as everything runs as a regular user, it cannot be >> aware of the users/groups you intend on using in the plist. >> > Isn't this something mtree can be used for? > > Use it to generate a listing of the files, permissions, and ownership of a > tree, include the mtree output file in the port, and use a post-install > script to run mtree to set ownership/permission. > > Cheers, > Freddie > > Typos courtesy of my phone's keyboard. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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