Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:11:30 -0800 From: Paul Beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> To: "bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org" <bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org> Cc: pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Bug 196320] lang/php5-extensions doesn't register installed files. Message-ID: <CC19939A-9EDE-40F3-A12D-785012191CAA@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <bug-196320-17635-ylds0ovgCc@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-196320-17635@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> <bug-196320-17635-ylds0ovgCc@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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> On Dec 29, 2014, at 12:08 AM, bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org wrote: >=20 > php5-extensions is just a meta-port, it doesn't install any files. pkg info -l should perhaps kick back that message, that it owns no files but= the following ports were configured/installed under its auspices. Note the s= ubject line:=20 lang/php5-extensions doesn't register installed files. It doesn't say install. I could see that the files were installed. Maybe thi= s is an issue in pkg. I don't know. It seems reasonable to expect metaports t= hat accept "make config" options could be queried as to how they were config= ured/what was installed as a result of their config/install process.=20 When a port that relies on other ports says they are not installed, after re= peated uninstall/reinstall cycles, one begins to wonder what's broken. Sadly= , a reboot resolved it. Not sad that it got resolved but that it took a rebo= ot, the classic Windows resolution strategy.=20 Smells very POLA-ish to me.=20=
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