When to use TMPPLIST instead of pkg-plist?

Chris portmaster at BSDforge.com
Sat Feb 29 22:16:26 UTC 2020


On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 14:30:14 -0500 Theron theron.tarigo at gmail.com said

> On 2020-02-29 14:44, Bob Eager wrote:
> >    make makeplist
> >
> > I believe
> >
> Indeed.  A port may also provide its own definition of makeplist 
> (ideally preserving the /you/have/to/check/... nag) to make maintenance 
> easier, but any changes to resulting pkg-plist can still be easily seen 
> by version control.  Is providing such helpers encouraged / discouraged 
> as a policy?
It's a tool, in an aid for automation/convenience. A good maintainer will
recognize that, and act accordingly. :)
IOW it's not 100%, and it's output is subject to scrutiny by the maintainer.

--Chris
> 
> Theron




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