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Date:      Sat, 20 Mar 2004 16:53:13 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com>
Cc:        ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-toolkits/tk84 Makefile
Message-ID:  <1079819593.76087.44.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <405CBCED.3060804@fillmore-labs.com>
References:  <200403200723.i2K7NhiY026295@repoman.freebsd.org> <405C1186.5040002@fillmore-labs.com> <1079813034.76087.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <405CBCED.3060804@fillmore-labs.com>

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On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 16:51, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
>=20
> > On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 04:40, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> >=20
> >>Dirk Meyer wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>dinoex      2004/03/19 23:23:43 PST
> >>>
> >>>  FreeBSD ports repository
> >>>
> >>>  Modified files:
> >>>    x11-toolkits/tk84    Makefile=20
> >>>  Log:
> >>>  - abort when /nonexistent does exist.
> >>
> >>Is there a reason why it should?
> >=20
> >=20
> > We have seen a few instances where programs create a /nonexistent
> > directory if it is set as a user's (usually a sandbox user's) home
> > directory.  Granted, this is a bug, but most users don't know this
> > directory was created, and then run into problems installing certain
> > ports.
>=20
> We should test for this in bsd.port.mk then. And/or write a periodic
> script.

See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D64519 for the former.

Joe

>=20
> Thanks for the explanation
>     Oliver
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