On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 12:36:16PM +0200, Marc Espie wrote: > I need to get this thru my next bulk. > This should work around several existing issues. > > First, PKGDIR must exist. Creating it during fake is no longer possible, > because this doesn't work with dpb in privsep mode. > > Having PKGDIR not be a directory/pointing in the wrong location means you > might miss MESSAGE/UNMESSAGE (which are not even written down in the PLIST) > or miss MESSAGE/RCscripts which must exist in the PLIST. > > The more ambitious change involves changing the flow of creating new ports > to make it slightly faster. > > Mainly, READMEs and RC installation is not really tweakable, since it happens > at the end of fake. So instead of doing it during fake, do it prior to > update-plist and package itself and (that's the cool part) do NOT generate > a cookie. So it will happen each and every time. Accordingly, wipe existing > readmes and rc (this assumes RCDIR in the fake area is initially empty, > which should always be the case). > > That way, a porter should be able to tweak the readmes/rc, add variables, > add variable values, and quickly regen packages without having to wipe > fake and redo it each time, which is a win.
Oooh yea that's a win ! I suppose rc scripts and README paths will survive make update-plist once the latter is redone from scratch ?
