Subject: Re: install/31543: postinstall omissions
To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
From: Reinoud Zandijk <reinoud@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/16/2005 16:05:24
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 08:12:33PM +0100, Rui Paulo wrote:
> On 2005.10.10 20:48:13 +0200, Reinoud Zandijk wrote:
> | True, my point is why `postinstall' isn't checking permissions on files set 
> | instead of only checking for f.e. obsolete files ?
> 
> I don't feel that's the job of postinstall. If you build.sh -U install=/ 
> everything will work ok, AFAIK.
> On the other hand, I think if you are extracting sets you should know
> how to work with tar.

:) you are right... i'll retract it though i still think there is an 
argument to make `postinstall' a sanity checker in general.

Cheers,
Reinoud