Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 02:16:36 +0200 (CEST) From: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@redirect.to> To: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No pre- or post-deinstall target? Message-ID: <200105290016.f4T0GbU72454@gits.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20010529002638.A16801@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl>
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Ernst de Haan wrote:
>
> > this could be done using @unexec at the beginning of the pkg-plist file
> > such as :
> >
> > @unexec [ -e /var/run/orion.pid ] && { echo killing orion.; kill `cat /var/run/orion.pid`; rm -f /var/run/orion.pid; }
>
> What would be the advantage of this? Isn't the pkg-deinstall the better
> approach since it is simple and easy to grasp?
in this case, a pkg-deinstall script take an unneeded inode
in the CVS tree. and I know that we have to take care about this.
so, pkg-install/deinstall script have to be created only when really
needed. that is, when they can't be reduced to a only line script.
> > an alternative would be to use killall such as :
> >
> > @unexec echo killing orion.; killall orion; rm -f /var/run/orion.pid
>
> Nah, in this case it won't work, since the name of the process is `java', not
> `orion' :)
game over, shot again :P
PS : your signature is too long.
Cyrille.
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