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List:       freebsd-ports
Subject:    Re: PR ports/76915 fell through the cracks?
From:       Kris Kennaway <kris () obsecurity ! org>
Date:       2006-05-31 14:00:27
Message-ID: 20060531140027.GA63707 () xor ! obsecurity ! org
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On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 12:49:35AM -0500, PauAmma wrote:
> >From the initial PR:
> 
>   When /var (or whichever filesystem holds PKG_DBDIR) is mounted noexec,
>   attempts to deinstall ports will fail and leave a mess behind if the
>   port has a require or deinstall script. This patch checks for that and
>   skips deinstalling if that is the case.
> 
> (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=76915 for details)
> 
> Is there any interest in that? I can submit a patch against 1.533, but 
> given the lack of any reaction to the initial patch, I'm not sure whether 
> it's worth it.

I don't know that it's a worthwhile problem to solve.

Kris

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