Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 04:46:14PM +0000, Johnny C. Lam wrote:
>> Log Message:
>> Allow packages to have no PLIST files whatsoever.  If such a package also
>> does not set GENERATE_PLIST, then automatically generate a PLIST that
>> says:
>> 	@comment ${PKGNAME} has no files.
> 
> I think this is wrong. The only allowed case for a package to not have a
> PLIST should be if it does provide a hook to create it. The risk of this
> hitting back on us is IMO much greater then a developer not checking
> what he commited.

We can let pkglint check for this condition.  The "has no files" comment 
is useful primarily for meta-packages.  I can make it so that packages 
that really, really want an intentionally empty PLIST still require one.

Regardless, removing 1000 useless files seems good.

	Cheers,

	-- Johnny C. Lam