Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:30:02 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: pav@FreeBSD.org Cc: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>, Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/java/eclipseme Makefile distinfo pkg-plist Message-ID: <47E14D9A.4020908@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1205921932.76695.14.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> References: <200803180100.m2I10QTD070047@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080318193855.0439b197.stas@FreeBSD.org> <20080318181546.GA10903@FreeBSD.org> <1205917353.76695.0.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> <20080319091859.GA56200@FreeBSD.org> <1205921932.76695.14.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz>
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Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> Still, the mkdir call may fall, and then the failure is less obvious to
> the user/porter.
If mkdir fails, the install of the files will fail, leading to an
obvious error (even if the cause of the error might take a little
detective work). If the mkdir succeeds, then installing the files will
succeed, making the output of the mkdir command irrelevant.
As for policies, PREFIX-cleanliness already IS a policy, it's just not
given as much attention as we'd like due to limited resources. If
you're interested in making a contribution to ports spend some time in
the trenches WORKING on that problem rather than worrying about what
other problems we can make (effectively useless) policies about.
Doug
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