Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:39:02 +0300 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd@dreamchaser.org, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portmaster -- preserving added files? Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSeqwwhShJRNWy8=yt1hbjeEL8TL5nubaMJu0hZYieW_qQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CACdU%2Bf_o74uCw44qKH6RV4poufY0mRMRd903djyNQP7DgHu7tw@mail.gmail.com> References: <5244625E.3070108@dreamchaser.org> <CACdU%2Bf_o74uCw44qKH6RV4poufY0mRMRd903djyNQP7DgHu7tw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> wrote: >> Is portmaster supposed to retain files which it did not install when updating / >> reinstalling a port? >> >> For example, jave extensions are normally installed by placing a jar file in >> /usr/local/openjdk6/jre/lib/ext/ >> >> When reinstalling, these are wiped out. >> At least I think that's what happened when I reinstalled. >> >> Seems like they should be (at least optionally) retained? >> > The problem is not with portmaster, as it runs the pkg or pkg_install > commands to remove the port. If you have files that are missing after > uninstalling a port, then you'll need to check what that port is > doing. Most likely the port has a @dirrm instead of an @dirrmtry for > that directory in it's pkg-plist file. > > I had a look at the java/openjdk6/Makefile, and it creates the list of > directories to remove with @dirrm instead of @dirrmtry. So it looks > like the issue is with java/openjdk6 removing that directory. > > Scot > It's a larger problem with no clear solution. What the programs that install additional files after the initial installation should do is to use /var/db/xyz for the additional files so that they are contained in a separate directory alltogether. -Kimmo
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