cvs commit: ports/x11-toolkits/tk84 Makefile

Oliver Eikemeier eikemeier at fillmore-labs.com
Sat Mar 20 13:51:47 PST 2004


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.

Thanks for the explanation
    Oliver


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