Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/mk/plist
To: None <pkgsrc-changes@NetBSD.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: pkgsrc-changes
Date: 10/25/2007 18:54:45
On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 04:46:14PM +0000, Johnny C. Lam wrote:
> Log Message:
> Allow packages to have no PLIST files whatsoever. If such a package also
> does not set GENERATE_PLIST, then automatically generate a PLIST that
> says:
> @comment ${PKGNAME} has no files.
I think this is wrong. The only allowed case for a package to not have a
PLIST should be if it does provide a hook to create it. The risk of this
hitting back on us is IMO much greater then a developer not checking
what he commited.
Joerg