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Date:      Sun, 11 Mar 2001 13:19:08 +1300
From:      "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Cc:        dan@langille.org
Subject:   where to put tmp files for security/logcheck
Message-ID:  <200103110019.f2B0JAw02897@ns1.unixathome.org>

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It's come to my attention (thanks Mr Fenner) that security/logcheck 
creates /usr/local/etc/tmp for its own use but does not remove that 
directory when the port is deleted.

1 - I'm not so such I like the idea of a port creating such a directory.  
Why can't it just use /var/tmp like everyone else?  This would also 
remove the need to create/remove a tmp directory.

2 - If I modify the port so it just removes /usr/local/etc/tmp when 
pkg_delete is called, what's the downside?  Still, I don't like the idea of 
creating directories just for tmp files.

3 - I've msg'd the author off-list to see what he thinks of this change.

-- 
Dan Langille
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got any work?  I'm looking for some.

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