#10917 closed defect (wontfix)
BUG: base-1.320 - port upgrades overwrite prefix.mtree
| Reported by: | cilly@… | Owned by: | darwinports-bugs@… |
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| Priority: | Low | Milestone: | |
| Component: | base | Version: | 1.3.2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | markd@…, jmpp@… | |
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Description
i.e. if you set:
/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
in /usr/local/etc/ports/prefix.mtree then after port selfupdate it is overwritten.
The option should rather be placed into ports.conf to make it sticky.
Change History (15)
comment:1 Changed 18 years ago by markd@…
| Summary: | port selfupdated destroys ownership and permission set in: /usr/local/etc/ports/prefix.mtree → BUG: base-1.320 - port selfupdate destroys ownership and permission set in: /opt/local/etc/ports/prefix.mtree |
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comment:2 Changed 18 years ago by markd@…
| Cc: | markd@… added |
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| Summary: | BUG: base-1.320 - port selfupdate destroys ownership and permission set in: /opt/local/etc/ports/prefix.mtree → BUG: base-1.320 - port selfupdate destroys ownership and permission set in: /usr/local/etc/ports/prefix.mtree |
comment:3 Changed 17 years ago by markd@…
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
comment:4 Changed 17 years ago by cilly@…
| Resolution: | invalid |
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| Status: | closed → reopened |
anyway, port selfupdate should not overwrite settings i.e. prefix.mtree without asking
comment:5 Changed 17 years ago by markd@…
| Cc: | cilly@… added |
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It isn't overwritten for me using 1.442.
comment:7 Changed 17 years ago by markd@…
I don't know. It could have been fixed indirectly by other fixes I suppose, so I'm not sure we can tell.
comment:8 Changed 17 years ago by cilly@…
Okay, I will pay attention to it on next upgrade.
But I have still problems with another bug so I can't use port selfupdate atm ( http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ticket/12041 ).
comment:9 Changed 17 years ago by markd@…
Next upgrade? Selfupdate automatically bumps MP to the latest 1.442. You should be able to upgrade and tell if that file gets overwritten in 5 seconds.
comment:10 Changed 17 years ago by cilly@…
I have installed 1.442 with configure make while /usr/local is empty earlier this day. So it is already at 1.442, I doubt a selfupdate would do anything since it is already the newest version.
comment:11 Changed 17 years ago by markd@…
| Priority: | Important → Nice to have |
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| severity: | Serious → Normal |
| Summary: | BUG: base-1.320 - port selfupdate destroys ownership and permission set in: /usr/local/etc/ports/prefix.mtree → BUG: base-1.320 - port upgrades overwrite prefix.mtree |
Oh I misunderstood. A port *upgrade* overwrites the file. I'm sure that behavior is unchanged. Changing summary line.
comment:12 Changed 17 years ago by nox@…
| Cc: | markd@macports.org,cilly@cilly.mine.nu → markd@macports.org, cilly@cilly.mine.nu |
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| Milestone: | → MacPorts base bugs |
| Priority: | Nice to have → Low |
comment:13 Changed 16 years ago by jmpp@…
| Milestone: | MacPorts base bugs |
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| Resolution: | → wontfix |
| Status: | reopened → closed |
prefix.mtree is not a place where user options should be set, the MacPorts developers are in control of that file and should have all the liberty they need to tweak and update it however necessary. If there are options you wish to make user configurable and respected by reinstallations, then please open tickets for them to be included in the macports.conf file, which is indeed not overwritten when upgrading and where all these things should go.
-jmpp
comment:14 Changed 16 years ago by markd@…
| Cc: | jmpp@… added; cilly@… removed |
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Juan, shouldn't the text at the top of prefix.mtree be updated? It could state that it should be touched and also the reference to the README file deleted because it doesn't exist.
comment:15 Changed 16 years ago by jmpp@…
Thanks for the suggestion Mark, implemented in r31289. Will merge it to the release branch later on.
-jmpp
Chosing /usr/local as the installation path will not work properly.
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