Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:46:37 +0300 From: Valentin Nechayev <netch@lucky.net> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing stale files (was: Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile locale.alias locale.deprecated nls.alias) Message-ID: <20030611144637.GO83663@lucky.net> In-Reply-To: <20030611075750.GB57496@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20030610124747.A7560@phantom.cris.net> <20030610024524.D23396@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <20030611075750.GB57496@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 17:27:50, grog wrote about "Re: removing stale files (was: Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile locale.alias locale.deprecated nls.alias)": > Agreed. > I think we should work towards a policy where we say "these > directories belong to the system. Don't install your own things there > until you know exactly what you are doing.". That would greatly > simplify the job of keeping things up to date. But such tool should respect a config which says don't touch some files. E.g. admin uses BIND from port and says NO_BIND=yes in make.conf. Tool shouldn't delete files only because they aren't listed from last buildworld. OTOH, one can say make DESTDIR=/somewhere installworld and then move directories to their usual place. -netch-
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