Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 13:28:18 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?= =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOCsbKEIgGyRCOC0bKEI=?=) Cc: chaos@rivers.oscs.montana.edu, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: non-initial installation Message-ID: <199503251128.NAA10783@grunt.grondar.za>
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> I've thinking about this for a while. I think it would be very useful > if we can make it possible to "deinstall" ports from the ports dir by > using the Makefile and pkg/PLIST, as there should be enough > information in there to determine which files should be deleted. > > Currently I do a "make package" and "pkg_add" following a "make > install" to ensure the package is registered (so that I can deinstall > it). But this is kinda redundant. > > Another idea is to automatically "register" the port into > /var/db/ports when we do "make install" by copying the PLIST file with > appropriate modifications. Then we don't have to touch pkg_delete. > Also, this way we can ensure we have the right version of the packing > list when we do a deinstall. > > What do people think? I don't really mind which one you use, but whichever it is, YES PLEASE! Another idea: whenever a big system change comes along, I want to be able to recompile all the ports _I_ use. How about some kind of _really_ simple file that is included into the ports/Makefile _if_it_exists_, that forces a make to make only a selected subset of ports? This file should obviously never be messed with by sup/ctm. (Or am i being a real twit and not noticing that such a mechanism already exists?) M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200
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