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Date:      Thu, 1 Jun 2006 00:37:49 -0500 (CDT)
From:      PauAmma <pauamma@gundo.com>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PR ports/76915 fell through the cracks?
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.64.0606010031080.23594@javelin.gundo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060531140027.GA63707@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605310018540.23594@javelin.gundo.com> <20060531140027.GA63707@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Wed, 31 May 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote:

> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 12:49:35AM -0500, PauAmma wrote:
>>
>>   When /var (or whichever filesystem holds PKG_DBDIR) is mounted noexec,
>>   attempts to deinstall ports will fail and leave a mess behind if the
>>   port has a require or deinstall script. This patch checks for that and
>>   skips deinstalling if that is the case.
>
> I don't know that it's a worthwhile problem to solve.

It is for me, or I wouldn't have done it, obviously. But you're a 
committer and I'm not, so I'm hardly in a position to argue. Still, I'm 
curious. What's your rationale?



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