On 26/04/2021 6:03 pm, Stefan Bethke wrote: > But that still leaves pkg updating the ownership/mode of existing directories > as a surprise on updating a package. I think the "right" thing here would be > a kind of three-way merge between changes an updated package brings in vs. > changes the user has made on their system.
Sometimes the right thing isn't easy ;) There are some cases where I explicitly assign ownership and more restrictive modes to installed ports. Would "pkg add -I" prevent file ownership/mode changes or just prevent the execution of installation scripts... (hint for a flag to prevent file mode/ownership changes on existing systems) I suspect Gleb's paradigm of a separate file to explicitly control file attributes (after upgrades) is reasonable, but this is problematic and negates the value of a packaging system. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
