On Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 3:06 PM Mathieu Arnold, <m...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 01:43:41PM -0400, Joseph Ward wrote: > > Thank you. I found that to be the case; even though changing the > > "do-extract" target successfully staged the files and directories with > > the original permissions, pkg create seems to strip them out again > > without the pkg-plist additions. > > > > Are you aware of an easy/already existing command to create the > > pkg-plist with the user/group/permissions items for each file, or is > > that a script I'm going to have to write manually? I'm currently using > > the makeplist target as there are no subsitutions or anything else that > > would screw up the default scenario. > > I am not aware of anything. But if you already have "stuff" creating a > big hierarchy with many users and groups, it may be easier to adapt > "stuff" to generate a pkg-plist file, or maybe to split your ports into > smaller, more manageable bits. > > make makeplist will give you a correct listing of files and > directories, but as everything runs as a regular user, it cannot be > aware of the users/groups you intend on using in the plist. > Isn't this something mtree can be used for? Use it to generate a listing of the files, permissions, and ownership of a tree, include the mtree output file in the port, and use a post-install script to run mtree to set ownership/permission. Cheers, Freddie Typos courtesy of my phone's keyboard. > _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
