Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 01:30:00 +0200 From: Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Improve OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc Message-ID: <AANLkTimsaWe-ZyUNW0Teg=%2B7w4TR=4hoOTk%2BeBOdHqSO@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimWMUFrj1OfUVEaPKactWr9sWJhvVW2MfDPSB7T@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikXQmzE4r8wNbxp_Xp7u-5URj66DrOfC1JaK5jA@mail.gmail.com> <20101004122325.11342p9v1rnwp6w4@webmail.leidinger.net> <AANLkTimYCA3rRHgbtjPX=sGHd2mXURHBotNB=KHJi9AR@mail.gmail.com> <20101004123629.GA4308@straylight.ringlet.net> <AANLkTimWMUFrj1OfUVEaPKactWr9sWJhvVW2MfDPSB7T@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/4/10, Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 11:01:45AM +0000, Paul B Mahol wrote:
>>> On 10/4/10, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote:
>>> > Quoting Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> (from Sun, 3 Oct 2010 13:53:2=
6
>>> > +0000):
>>> >
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> diff --git a/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc
>>> >> b/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc
>>> >> index d3aa4b2..2123107 100644
>>> >> --- a/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc
>>> >> +++ b/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc
>>> >> @@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/share/man/man8/authpf.8.gz
>>> >> =A0.endif
>>> >>
>>> >> =A0.if ${MK_BIND} =3D=3D no
>>> >> +OLD_FILES+=3Detc/periodic/daily/470.status-named
>>> >
>>> > If bind is installed from ports instead, this file could be useful,
>>> > isn't
>>> > it?
>>> >
>>> >> =A0OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/bin/dig
>>> >> =A0OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/bin/host
>>> >> =A0OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/bin/nslookup
>>> >
>>> > [...]
>>> >
>>> >> @@ -1976,6 +1998,11 @@ OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/share/man/man8/rtquery.8.gz
>>> >> =A0.endif
>>> >>
>>> >> =A0.if ${MK_SENDMAIL} =3D=3D no
>>> >> +OLD_FILES+=3Detc/periodic/daily/150.clean-hoststat
>>> >> +OLD_FILES+=3Detc/periodic/daily/210.backup-aliases
>>> >> +OLD_FILES+=3Detc/periodic/daily/440.status-mailq
>>> >> +OLD_FILES+=3Detc/periodic/daily/460.status-mail-rejects
>>> >> +OLD_FILES+=3Detc/periodic/daily/500.queuerun
>>> >> =A0OLD_FILES+=3Dbin/rmail
>>> >> =A0OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/bin/vacation
>>> >> =A0OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/include/libmilter/mfapi.h
>>> >
>>> > At least status-mailq is still useful with other MTAs, e.g. if you us=
e
>>> > postfix (and assuming the mailwrapper is configured correctly), this
>>> > should still work. Depending on the setup of the aliases,
>>> > backup-aliases will still work too. I haven't checked for the other
>>> > ones.
>>>
>>> If you want to keep some "old" files, you just need to press `n' instea=
d
>>> of `y'
>>> when deleting files. You are not forced to run make delete-old at all.
>>
>> On the other hand, doing this (skipping those files) on each and every
>> system
>> update (say, on a development or testing machine) could get a bit... bor=
ing
>> -
>> not to mention that at some point you'll learn to "oh, just say no", and
>> then
>> forget to remove something important.
>
> Oh! I see... I want it in black.
Hold your horses there ... get it to work as expected and then,
_and_only_then_ you can start raising your finger and accussing poster
of bikesheding ...
As it stands, _it_sucks_ and I have already pointed it out before
without much success (something as useless as telnet wasn=B4t deleted a
not so long time ago) ... Peter Pentchev=B4s point was a completely
valid one.
>> G'luck,
>> Peter
>>
>> --
>> Peter Pentchev =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0roam@space.bg =A0 =A0roam@ringlet.net =A0 =
=A0roam@FreeBSD.org
>> PGP key: =A0 =A0 =A0http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc
>> Key fingerprint =A0 =A0 =A0 FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E =A0DF9E ED18 B68D 1=
619 4553
>> Do you think anybody has ever had *precisely this thought* before?
>>
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