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Date:      Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:06:02 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@mail.ru>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/xscreensaver Makefile  pkg-plistports/x11/xscreensaver/files patch-ab patch-driver::Makefile.in
Message-ID:  <3C6B7DFA.B0B03CD2@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <B8907831.62E8%ade@FreeBSD.org>

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Ade Lovett wrote:
> 
> On 02/13/02 19:54, "Maxim Sobolev" <sobomax@mail.ru> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 01:59, Ade Lovett wrote:
> >> [...]
> >>   hint, the config files
> >>   move between GNOME and non-GNOME too)
> >
> > Could you please explain why it's necessary?
> 
> Because that's what the package does, installing files in
> share/gnome/control-center/screensavers (if GNOME-enabled) and
> share/xscreensaver/config (otherwise).

So what? Many packages do stupid things with data files (e.g. install
them in weird places not specified in hier and so on), and so far we
were happily fixing such bogosities. Why not use a simple way to get
rid of that %%CRAP%% in pkg-plist and make life of xscreensaver
maintainer easier?

-Maxim

> A quick make package in both the GNOME and non-GNOME states would have
> confirmed this, which was included in the original patch that was to be
> committed in one go :(
> 
> -aDe

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