Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 00:06:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) Cc: marquis@roble.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sshd Message-ID: <199809140706.AAA16521@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809122252530.2501-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> from John Fieber at "Sep 12, 98 11:35:54 pm"
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John Fieber writes:
> > For one thing 'make -n install' typically doesn't yield readable
> > information unless you first 'cd work/*'.
>
> 'more pkg/PLIST' is generally more efficient......if the PLIST is
> accurate.
>
> > Secondly, while port A installs under /usr/<newdir>, port B
> > installs to /usr/local/etc and port C in /usr/libexec, ...
> > You can never be sure what is going where and it's a rare
> > port that can be uninstalled with 'make uninstall'.
>
> ...
>
> A more frustrating problem for me are ports that are not
> ${PREFIX} != /usr/local compatible which makes it a hassle to
> install multiple version of a port or separate ports that have
> common files. Also, I occasionaly go through phases of liking
> SysV way of installing things in /opt/<portname>,
> /etc/opt/<portname> and /var/opt/<portname> which a simple 'make
> PREFIX=/opt/<portname>' doesn't really accomplish.
If someone was interested, it would be easy to write a script
that checks all the ports:
- mount / and /usr read-only
- mount /usr/local and /usr/local2 read-write, initially empty
except for the directory structure
- save mtree dumps of every file in /usr/local and /usr/local2
- cycle through every port and:
- build the port with PREFIX=/usr/local
- install the port, then uninstall the port
- compare the contents of /usr/local with the mtree file
- build the port with PREFIX=/usr/local2
- install the port, then uninstall the port
- compare the contents of /usr/local2 AND /usr/local
with the mtree files
If any port exhibited bad behavior, it could also automatically
generate a send-pr report :-)
-Archie
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