On 11/05/2014 21:56, Muhammad Moinur Rahman wrote: > What's the standard procedure for creating files or folders after > installation? pkg-install/pkg-deinstall or @exec/@unexec?
Right now, what the standard should be is unclear. @exec/@unexec is
apparently slated for removal -- but does that apply to all uses or just
standard actions like handling config files which have recently grown
their own @escapes? There is no target date for when @exec/@unexec
might disappear and there's a lot of prior-art around the ports tree still.
pkg-install/pkg-deinstall is supported, but seems a bit heavy-weight for
a lot of the common use cases.
A third alternative, where applicable, is to test for and set up any
necessary directory structures (presumably under /var) from a rc script.
Files should always be created from the pkg plist, even if they are just
empty. There is a change coming which will allow directories to be
treated pretty much exactly the same as regular files or sym-links --
but this depends on the last vestiges of pkg_tools support being purged
from the tree.
Cheers,
Matthew
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