Danek Duvall wrote: > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:52:52AM +0200, Alexander Vlasov wrote: > >> 1) is it necessary (read: should be included in packaging policy) to >> bring all directories? If yes, I?m gonna implement automatic testing for >> this > > It shouldn't be necessary, no.
Concur. (Though this means that most packages would need to depend on at least one other, to pull in the directories they install into.) > It's happening now because the SVr4 > packages we're converting all have that property. ... which is at least partially because pkgmk whines if you don't include them. I think this is a mistake in our SVR4 packaging, because it means that all of the packages have to agree on permissions and ownership for directories. (Yes, there's the "?" mechanism but our current policies and practices discourage its use.) _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
