Subject: Re: pkg_info fails on binary packages without +MTREE_DIRS files
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: David Brownlee <abs@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/07/2004 00:25:20
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, David Brownlee wrote:
>> # pkg_info /pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD-2.0_BETA-i386/All/standalone-tcsh-6.13.00.tgz
>> tar: WARNING! These patterns were not matched:
>> +MTREE_DIRS
>> pkg_info: extract of /pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD-2.0_BETA-i386/All/standalone-tcsh-6.13.00.tgz failed
>> pkg_info: error during unpacking, no info for '/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD-2.0_BETA-i386/All/standalone-tcsh-6.13.00.tgz' available
>
> Yes.
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2004/05/05/0039.html
>
> My comments from above mail:
>
> Maybe we should have a new variable called PKG_NO_MTREE. If it is defined
> then NO_MTREE will also be defined.
>
> And if it is defined when building pkg_install then the MTREE_FNAME will
> not be included in the ALL_FNAMES definition.
>
> Or alternatively get rid of this mtree support.

 	In the pkgviews world is it going to be needed?

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