Re: AUTO_MKDIRS (was: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/emulators/minivmac)

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

Everything should be AUTO_MKDIRS - the directories are recoverable
from the PLIST fairly easily, and reproducing them in 2 places leads
to issues and problems.

It's also why we don't specify man pages, or info files, in Makefiles.

On 7 January 2018 at 16:00, Roland Illig <roland.illig%gmx.de@localhost> wrote:
> Am 07.01.2018 um 23:15 schrieb Kamil Rytarowski:
>>
>> On 07.01.2018 22:46, Roland Illig wrote:
>>>
>>> -INSTALLATION_DIRS=     bin
>>> +AUTO_MKDIRS=   yes
>>>
>>
>>
>> Is this really necessary?
>>
>> AUTO_MKDIRS creates problems for package maintainers, when the directory
>> layout changes it's painful to upgrade to a newer version.
>
>
>
> No, it's not necessary. I just don't know _why_ it is painful. Could you
> explain it? Then I'll remove the suggestion of using AUTO_MKDIRS from
> pkglint and document its downsides in mk/install/install.mk.
>
> My current impression is that updating a package is always painful when the
> directory layout changes. Whether you have to edit the Makefile or the PLIST
> or both. So how does a package upgrade look like if:
>
> 1. AUTO_MKDIRS is used
>
> 2. INSTALLATION_DIRS is set
>
> 3. Some other alternative I forgot?
>
> Thanks,
> Roland
>