Re: bin/59985: makefs(8): way to flag files in spec missing from fs

["Martin Husemann via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/59985; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: bin/59985: makefs(8): way to flag files in spec missing from fs
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 08:00:32 +0100

 On Sun, Feb 08, 2026 at 05:50:00PM +0000, campbell+netbsd%mumble.net@localhost via gnats wrote:
 > 	It would be nice if there were a way to request that makefs(8)
 > 	verify regular files listed in the mtree specfile exist in the
 > 	input directory, or else make the operation fail.
 
 Side note: for totally unrelated reasons it would be great if mtree specfiles
 would allow marking entries as optional or explicitly spell out various
 alternatives (e.g. a directory that could optionally be a symlink instead,
 but would cause an error message if neither was there or something else
 under the same name).
 
 Martin