ports/148777: [New Port] sysutils/qjail: Utility to deploy large number of jails quickly

[Anonymous]

The following reply was made to PR ports/148777; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Anonymous <swell.k at gmail.com>
To: joeb <joeb at a1poweruser.com>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/148777: [New Port] sysutils/qjail: Utility to deploy large number of jails quickly
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:43:38 +0300

 "joeb" <joeb at a1poweruser.com> writes:
 
 > There are many existing ports with no distinfo so I fail to see why you
 > think this is an error. This was done on purpose so I can update the dist
 > file with fixes or enactments without having to wait for months to get the
 > update commented because the makesum values have changed.  This technique is
 > communally used when the port make files will never change but allows the
 > maintainer to maintain the product without delays in moving updates into the
 > existing port.
 
 Then mark it RESTRICTED as the distfile may not be identical across
 ftp mirrors and CDROM.
 
 > And when it comes to the messing with /etc/rc.d/jail file I was told by the
 > jail maintainer that he was addressing the bugs I pointed out in a up coming
 > release and that I should just replace it with my corrected one as part of
 > my port. So that is what I am doing.
 
 Have you tried to rename it and install into PREFIX/etc/rc.d?
 The port fails to restore original /etc/rc.d/jail upon deinstall and
 jail.original ends up overwritten after second install.