Re: pkgviews installed but then register-pkg target deletes

[Todd Kover <kovert%omniscient.com@localhost>]

I notice that this still seems to be an issue (though the actual rm -fr
has moved around since then).

As to the second question, is pkgviews going away/changing/coming back
as something else?  The idea is a great one...

-Todd


On 2006-10-06, reed%reedmedia.net@localhost said:

 > 
 > mk/flavor/pkg/install.mk has:
 > 
 > .PHONY: register-pkg
 > register-pkg: generate-metadata ${_COOKIE.depends}
 > @${STEP_MSG} "Registering installation for ${PKGNAME}"
 > ${_PKG_SILENT}${_PKG_DEBUG}${RM} -fr ${_PKG_DBDIR}/${PKGNAME}
 > ${_PKG_SILENT}${_PKG_DEBUG}${MKDIR} ${_PKG_DBDIR}/${PKGNAME}
 > 
 > Is that rm -fr really needed?
 > 
 > Is there a case where this would have metafiles that should be removed?
 > 
 > For now I have removed that rm -fr for my own testing.
 > 
 > Johnny, a few months ago you had mentioned that pkgviews are going away or 
 > changing somehow. Can you refresh us about the ideas/plans with this?
 > 
 > Thanks
 >