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Re: DJB slashpackage

To: Heikki Korpela <heko@iki.fi>
Subject: Re: DJB slashpackage
From: David Lebel <lebel@lebel.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 07:48:34 -0400
Cc: OpenBSD ports-related discussion <ports@openbsd.org>
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108061440410.11615-100000@saitti.net>; from heko@iki.fi on Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 02:44:52PM +0300
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References: <20010806072639.C11812@lebel.org> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108061440410.11615-100000@saitti.net>
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Quoting Heikki Korpela (heko@iki.fi):
> daemontools assumes stuff like /command and /service. You'll have to
> patch a lot of stuff away or let such things pass.

What does it install in /service ?

> I'm fine with INTERACTIVE or similar, and /command and /service,
> but I would personally be shocked if I was building a port and
> it installed stuff like /command and /service without warning/asking
> me first.

Only an handful of software forces a directory other than ${LOCALBASE},
and one of them is qmail (/var/qmail).  So, we have a tradition of never
doing this, so, why start ?

Ciao,
  ...David

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