Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:06:48 +0200 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: David Julien <david.julien@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are files and directories mandatory in pkg-plist ? Message-ID: <EA75EC14-DAEC-11D8-BA2D-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <abcef9c0407210043371a8895@mail.gmail.com>
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David Julien wrote:
> [...]
> There are other ocaml packages which seem to be in the same case, for
> instance ocaml-pcre. To deinstall the port they delete the added line
> in ld.conf thanks to a "grep -v" in the pkg-install file (why not
> pkg-deinstall ?).
>
> I have tested my port with these modifications and it seems to work
> correctly now ! Thank you.
ocaml-pcre does
PKGDEINSTALL= ${PKGINSTALL}
which you might want to avoid. Use pkg-deinstall when possible. Another
nit is that you want to generate the `.tmp' file first (perhaps even by
using mktemp), and move it in place later, so a failed grep won't
corrupt your database.
-Oliver
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