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List:       freebsd-ports
Subject:    Re: cvs commit: ports/editors/xemacs-devel Makefile ports/editors/xemacs21 Makefile
From:       Will Andrews <will () physics ! purdue ! edu>
Date:       2001-10-27 19:29:30
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On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 06:27:18PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> > > 2) /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk uses it too, which is precedent

My reaction:  It does?!?

> > This is  almost certainly a mistake.   Please do not use 
> > /tmp, as the permissions are unsafe.
> 
> Yeah, I just committed your suggestion after reconsidering it. I 
> should have thought of that myself.
> 
> It seems that the use of /tmp in bsd.port.mk may be a mistake, 
> in light of this exchange.

Yes!  This is a mistake.  This is in the fake-pkg target, which
is called when someone runs 'make install'.  It really should be
using ${WRKDIR}...

-- 
wca

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