Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:32:49 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: shells/bash port, add a knob which symlinks to /bin/bash ? Message-ID: <54161791.508@mu.org> In-Reply-To: <CAG=rPVfGUTysHP=BePQYJuypr-qLde93fSgU6GAfr%2BNvhvYQ0g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAG=rPVf5z4c6aheCngKy1g-iH8HexAWGQfHoSbtU9D1UC0Pbpg@mail.gmail.com> <541367D1.8090002@FreeBSD.org> <CAG=rPVe83TH-Rj7aPwjHLKWcBEX4ES369FvUzz9nwVuj50qg9A@mail.gmail.com> <54148F47.4030000@freebsd.org> <5415D3FC.4090509@mu.org> <CAG=rPVfGUTysHP=BePQYJuypr-qLde93fSgU6GAfr%2BNvhvYQ0g@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9/14/14, 3:22 PM, Craig Rodrigues wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org > <mailto:bright@mu.org>> wrote: > > > On 9/13/14, 11:39 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > > Should really be a standalone package. > > > It's not exactly the same, but the lang/python2 port for example is a > meta-port which creates > symlinks such as /usr/local/bin/python2 -> python2.7. > > So the precedent of having a metaport which creates symlinks is there. > What folks have been complaining about in this thread is having symlinks > in the "base system directories" such as /bin. Why do you care what people are complaining about? Just make the port. :) > > My personal feeling is that we should look at this on a case-by-case > basis and allow these types > of ports, such as for /bin/bash but I'm sure others will disagree. We already allow such ports, for example a bunch of kmods install into /boot/kernel or /boot/modules. There are always exceptions to rules and for good reasons! find . -name pkg-plist | xargs grep -A 3 '^@cwd /$' > -- > Craig
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