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Date:      Sat, 29 Feb 2020 14:16:47 -0800
From:      Chris <portmaster@BSDforge.com>
To:        Theron <theron.tarigo@gmail.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: When to use TMPPLIST instead of pkg-plist?
Message-ID:  <913f7a767bef8434939bd68225eb1a69@udns.ultimatedns.net>
In-Reply-To: <82e555d3-f75a-ecd3-e72a-4d0b63a8a40c@gmail.com>

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On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 14:30:14 -0500 Theron theron=2Etarigo@gmail=2Ecom said

> On 2020-02-29 14:44, Bob Eager wrote:
> >    make makeplist
> >
> > I believe
> >
> Indeed=2E=C2=A0 A port may also provide its own definition of makeplist=20
> (ideally preserving the /you/have/to/check/=2E=2E=2E nag) to make maintenance=
=20
> easier, but any changes to resulting pkg-plist can still be easily seen=
=20
> by version control=2E=C2=A0 Is providing such helpers encouraged / discoura=
ged=20
> as a policy?
It's a tool, in an aid for automation/convenience=2E A good maintainer will
recognize that, and act accordingly=2E :)
IOW it's not 100%, and it's output is subject to scrutiny by the maintainer=
=2E

--Chris
>=20
> Theron





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