Re: pkg/42518: file-check sometimes does not work and displays ALL files under /usr/pkg als not in the PLIST

[Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/42518; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/42518: file-check sometimes does not work and displays ALL 
files under /usr/pkg als not in the PLIST
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:58:44 +0100

 On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 01:59:57PM +0300, Aleksej Saushev wrote:
 > Bernd Ernesti <pr200917%veego.de@localhost> writes:
 > 
 > >    From time to time the file-check fails:
 > >
 > > ===> Installing for tex-moreverb-2.3
 > > => Becoming ``root'' to make su-install-all (/usr/pkg/bin/sudo)
 > > => Generating pre-install file lists
 > > => Running PRE-INSTALL script actions
 > 
 > From this I conclude that you're not using staged installation (aka 
 > "destdir"),
 > therefore file checks won't work reliably. It always was so.
 > Perhaps this should be documented clearly.
 > It relies on time stamps, thus it breaks when package installs files
 > with pax(1) or tar(1) rather than install(1).
 
 And if you looked at the pr you would have noticed that it is not a problem
 with the time stamps.
 
 Bernd