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Date:      Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:14:58 +0400
From:      Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru>
To:        marino@freebsd.org
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, Tijl Coosemans <tijl@FreeBSD.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r366349 - head/archivers/rpm4
Message-ID:  <20140829111457.GA2149@hades.panopticon>
In-Reply-To: <540051CF.7000301@marino.st>
References:  <201408272042.s7RKgFqF074882@svn.freebsd.org> <20140828101134.6f7b01ee@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <20140828102214.GH34677@hades.panopticon> <20140828142822.73c5cef4@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <20140829100025.GQ55025@hades.panopticon> <540051CF.7000301@marino.st>

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* John Marino (freebsd.contact@marino.st) wrote:

> >> Does it test with a non-default prefix maybe?  Because these directories
> >> really are in lang/python27/pkg-plist.  It would at least have to be
> >> dirrmtry here, because other ports install files in those directories.
> > 
> > Strange, poudriere doesn't complain on these any more (no, I haven't
> > used non-default prefix). So I've removed them.
> > 
> > And yes, @dirrmtry should've been used here. Regarding directories
> > shared by multiple ports, I still don't have clear understanding:
> > on one hand, if a directory is managed by dependency, it shouldn't
> > appear in the port plist. On the other hand, if a port is installed
> > with non-default prefix, it should manage all dirs it uses on its
> > own. I probably would prefer the latter as it's more flexible and
> > less error prone (what if dependent ports plist change and directory
> > is no longer shared).
> 
> if the directory is provided by a dependency 100% of the cases, then it
> shouldn't be in pkg-plist because it will try-fail 100% of the time.

As I've said, this 100% is unreliable as it may change sometime

> The non-standard prefix isn't an issue because all ports will have the
> same non-standard prefix.  There's no difference.

No, just an individual port may be installed with non-standard prefix
(while dependencies remain in standard one).

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