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Date:      Sat, 30 Jul 2005 23:49:14 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Peter Losher <Peter_Losher@isc.org>
Subject:   Re: install erroring out durning mergemaster...
Message-ID:  <42EC746A.7050401@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050705234758.GR73907@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org>
References:  <200507031439.48288.Peter_Losher@isc.org>	<20050705095859.GO73907@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org>	<200507051106.49609.Peter_Losher@isc.org> <20050705234758.GR73907@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org>

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Jeremie Le Hen wrote:

> Given the error you showed us, I would say you have NO_BIND_MTREE
> instead of NO_BIND_ETC in make.conf(5).  This leads to not create
> /var/tmp/temproot/var/named/etc/namedb and then, it appears you do not
> have NO_BIND_ETC, because it tries to install files from src/etc/namedb
> (see src/etc/Makefile, distribution target).
> 
> I don't know why this separation have been made. 

Well, rather obviously because a person might want one, and not the other. I 
tried to give maximum flexibility with the NO_BIND_* knobs, given the 
desires that I imagined users might have, and what was expressed.

> I would say that if
> someone don't want Bind configuration files installed, he doesn't want
> to run mtree for its chroot either. 

In the mergemaster case, this is a NOP because the empty directories will 
just be deleted.

> Conversely, if he doesn't want to
> run mtree for chroot'd Bind, he certainly doesn't want to install its
> configuration files.

I wouldn't jump to that conclusion if I were you. :)

> I dare to Cc Doug Barton 

Well, you came close, but the e-mail address you used wasn't exactly right. 
I did pick this up on the list though, so I hope this is better late than 
never.

Doug

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