Re: Correct way to handle transient files in /var

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Julio Merino wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:20 PM, David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost> wrote:
> >        What is the correct way to handle files in /var which can be
> >        removed when a package is uninstalled?
> >
> >        for example policykit seems to require:
> >
> >            root:polkit   /var/lib/PolicyKit
> >            polkit:wheel  /var/lib/PolicyKit-public
> >            polkit:polkit /var/lib/misc/PolicyKit.reload
> >
> >        Without these it chokes when hal tries to use it (and hald
> >        will not run).
> >
> >        On uninstall it would probably be reasonable to remove them.
> >
> >        So, just handcode in INSTALL and DEINSTALL?
>
> Check out chapter 15 (section 15.1) of the pkgsrc guide.

        tis done - thanks :)

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