On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 02:42:33AM +0300, Cem Kayali wrote:
>
> Thanks for 'clean' reply. This just looks -to me- it is a bit harder to
> follow which port installs which config files, especially if it is
> installed as dependency.
pkg_info -E sems to work well.
$ grep \...@sample /usr/ports/databases/mysql/pkg/PLIST-*
/usr/ports/databases/mysql/pkg/PLIST-server:@sample ${SYSCONFDIR}/my.cnf
$ ls /etc/my.cnf
/etc/my.cnf
$ pkg_info -E /etc/my.cnf
/etc/my.cnf: mysql-server-5.0.81
mysql-server-5.0.81 multithreaded SQL database (server)
$
> I'm not criticizing, just trying to adopt OpenBSD way as an (old) NetBSD
> user. ;))
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
> Chris Kuethe, 05/29/09 01:30:
> >On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Cem Kayali <cemkay...@eticaret.com.tr>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>Hello!
> >>
> >>According to OpenBSD porting policy, it is "OpenBSD policy is to never
> >>update files under /etc automatically. Ports that need some specific boot
> >>setup should advise the administrator about what to do instead of blindly
> >>installing files."
> >>
> >>
> >>Well, i have noticed that 'privoxy' and 'tor' install their configuration
> >>files into /etc automatically. _Forgive me, if i misunderstand_, but does
> >>not this policy cover 'it does not create folders under /etc
> >>automatically'?
> >>Is it just simple 'it does not touch ANY FILE under /etc though be aware
> >>it
> >>populates /etc with new folders'?
> >>
> >
> >adding a sample default configuration file is different from changing
> >/etc/rc* to start your new daemon. if you change the sample default
> >configuration file, the package system notices it and a) won't remove
> >it at uninstall time, and b) won't replace it at upgrade, because it
> >is now part of your custom system configuration.
> >
> >
> >>I was expecting something similar to that: "config files are at ie;
> >>/usr/local/somewhere/etc/privoxy" and we advise you to copy them to
> >>/etc/privoxy, and add these lines to rc.local"...
> >>
> >
> >many packages do have just such an install-time message, suggesting a
> >way to activate this new software, but the installation won't modify
> >your system configuration automatically.
> >
> >
> >>For example, installing mysql through ports cleanly advises administrator
> >>to add configuraion files.
> >>
> >
> >Mysql ships with a number of differently tuned configuration files -
> >it's tough to pick the right default one to install. Other ports
> >(avrdude, for example) have a single default configuration, making the
> >selection trivial.
> >
> >CK
> >
> >
>
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