Re: @dirrm behaviour change (was: CVS commit: pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_install/files)

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 09:58:16AM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 08:09:54AM +0200, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> > Hmm, where was this discussed and why was this done?
> 
> dillo, joerg and myself discussed it in detail IRL and via mail.
> It will allow us to majorly simplify the directory handling in PLISTs.
> All (most?) @dirrm and unexec ${RMDIR} can now be removed, the
> directories will be removed automatically when the last content is
> removed; if a package needs a directory even if it is empty, then the
> new special keyword @pkgdir can be used.

Whilst I welcome the functionality, I'd just like to ask that you keep
discussion like this open, please - that way, others can join in, and
the timing of this change would have been a bit better.

Many thanks,
Alistair