> On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 04:32:5e1PM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
 >>Long term, I'd like to move the following features which are currently
 >>implemented using shell scripts into the pkgtools, too. Not right now,
 >>though, getting rid of the @exec's comes first.
 >>. info file
 >>. user/group
 >>. /etc/shells
 >>. config files
 >>. reference count dirs/files
 >>. font handling
 >>. permissions

Stoned Elipot wrote:
> And what the rationale for this long term goal ?

See the pkg_add(8) man page. There's a big warning after the first 
paragraph.

We have already identified some of the common tasks that the current 
pkg_add cannot handle. These tasks are currently done by shell scripts. 
I think a future version of pkg_add will have some options like 
--dont-install-packages-with-scripts or --confirm-script-execution. To 
avoid that almost every package needs these scripts, these tasks (only 
the common ones) should be added to the pkgtools. Or can you tell from 
looking at a +USERGROUP script if it does exactly what it pretends to do?

This change would also make many binary packages smaller, as the scripts 
are not needed.

Roland