[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkglint TODO: reinvent the pkglint type system.

[rillig <rillig%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/1cc56d88a008
branches:  trunk
changeset: 508145:1cc56d88a008
user:      rillig <rillig%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Wed Feb 15 18:12:37 2006 +0000

description:
TODO: reinvent the pkglint type system.

diffstat:

 pkgtools/pkglint/README |  25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (36 lines):

diff -r aef725ca82c9 -r 1cc56d88a008 pkgtools/pkglint/README
--- a/pkgtools/pkglint/README   Wed Feb 15 18:08:35 2006 +0000
+++ b/pkgtools/pkglint/README   Wed Feb 15 18:12:37 2006 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: README,v 1.1 2006/02/04 04:10:12 rillig Exp $
+$NetBSD: README,v 1.2 2006/02/15 18:12:37 rillig Exp $
 
 == Current problems ==
 
@@ -31,3 +31,26 @@
 - Structured data types
 
 The pkglint source code is much too big for a single file.
+
+== The pkglint type system ==
+
+The framework for defining data types in the makevars.map file is
+insufficient. It does not allow ACLs that specify which variables may
+be read or written by the various actors in pkgsrc. At the moment, the
+data type and the permissions are intermixed (see type Readonly).
+
+Actors:
+       package -> the package author
+       system  -> the pkgsrc infrastructure
+       include -> included make files
+       bl3     -> buildlink3 files
+       user    -> the user via mk.conf
+       cmdline -> the user via the command line
+
+Actions:
+       default -> provide a default value for a variable
+       append  -> append to a list
+       write   -> create or overwrite a variable
+       readpp  -> read the value of a variable during preprocessing
+       read    -> read the value of a variable during execution of the
+                  shell commands