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authorBaptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>2013-09-24 14:34:59 +0000
committerBaptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>2013-09-24 14:34:59 +0000
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Add an entry about "create packages as a user"
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=328139
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@@ -10,8 +10,21 @@ in the release notes and/or placed into UPDATING.
All ports committers are allowed to commit to this file.
+20130924:
+AUTHOR: bapt@FreeBSD.org
+
+ Stage aware ports can now create package without the requirement from
+ being root.
+ If a port really needs root anyway it should add NEED_ROOT in its
+ Makefile.
+
+ For a port that needs special credential on files DO NOT RELY on
+ chown in post-install section but rely on @own, @group in pkg-plist
+ Be careful about rights on directories as pkg_install cannot store them
+ they needs to be done via @exec chown.
+
20130923:
-AUTHOT: bapt@FreeBSD.org
+AUTHOR: bapt@FreeBSD.org
The ports tree is now staged by default. With pkgng the sequence hasn't
changed, the main difference is that creating package is now independent
@@ -35,9 +48,9 @@ AUTHOT: bapt@FreeBSD.org
a sample plist and it should always be _reviewed_ not directly used.
NOTE: with staging only what is in the plist will be installed, nothing more,
- meaning a port staged cannot have leftovers exect directories left. It is
+ meaning a port staged cannot have leftovers except directories left. It is
really important to double check the pkg-plist to make sure all the files
- the maintainer want to package are in! make makeplist can help in that area.
+ the maintainer wants to package are in! make makeplist can help in that area.
20130923:
AUTHOR: mva@FreeBSD.org