Subject: Re: running (DE)INSTALL scripts vs. noexec mounted /var
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Martin Weber <Ephaeton@gmx.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 11/10/2001 04:12:05
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 04:03:52AM +0100, Martin Weber wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 03:47:12AM +0100, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Nov 2001, Martin Weber wrote:
> > > If we always could assume that people install packages from
> > > source, what about the PREFIX the package wants to install
> > ...
> > > Uhm whatcha say ?
> > 
> > We can absolutely NOT assume that.
> 
> That's why I came up with the config file ;)

Another thing which could be stuffed in that file is
an exec-dir which could tell the package system from
where to run DEINSTALL (binary) programs.

Uhm, a comment to the config file approach ? Do I miss
something very very basic ?

Martin Weber