cvs commit: ports/x11-toolkits/tk84 Makefile

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 16:51, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 04:40, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> > 
> >>Dirk Meyer wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>dinoex      2004/03/19 23:23:43 PST
> >>>
> >>>  FreeBSD ports repository
> >>>
> >>>  Modified files:
> >>>    x11-toolkits/tk84    Makefile 
> >>>  Log:
> >>>  - abort when /nonexistent does exist.
> >>
> >>Is there a reason why it should?
> > 
> > 
> > We have seen a few instances where programs create a /nonexistent
> > directory if it is set as a user's (usually a sandbox user's) home
> > directory.  Granted, this is a bug, but most users don't know this
> > directory was created, and then run into problems installing certain
> > ports.
> 
> We should test for this in bsd.port.mk then. And/or write a periodic
> script.

See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=64519 for the former.

Joe

> 
> Thanks for the explanation
>     Oliver
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