OpenSSH-sparc-3.0.2p1.pkg: /usr/local conflicting file

[Nicolas Williams]

On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 11:24:13AM +0100, Dominique Frise wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Trying to install the Solaris package I made after configure/compilation
> under Solaris 8.

[...]

> Log of the package installation
> -------------------------------
> # pkgadd -d OpenSSH-sparc-3.0.2p1.pkg
> 
> The following packages are available:
>   1  OpenSSH     OpenSSH Portable for Solaris
>                  (sparc) 3.0.2p1
> 
> Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
> all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:  
> 
> Processing package instance <OpenSSH> from
> </local/soft/pub/openssh-3.0.2p1/contrib/solaris/OpenSSH-sparc-3.0.2p1.pkg>

[...]

> The following files are already installed on the system and are being
> used by another package:
> * /usr/local
> 
> * - conflict with a file which does not belong to any package.
> 
> Do you want to install these conflicting files [y,n,?,q] y

Here's the problem. Whether a package should include an entry for
BASEDIR, I'm not sure(*), but certainly you didn't have to install
"conflicting" files, particularly when the only conflict was
/usr/local/ and it already existed.

[...]

> Installation of <OpenSSH> was successful.
> 
> Now the problem I got
> ---------------------
> Before pkg install. /usr/local was a soft link to /local (ln -s /local
> /usr/local).
> After installation the link is gone and a new /usr/local directory is
> created containing only openssh stuff :-(

See above.

> Thanks for help,
> 
> Dominique
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(*) Actually, packages should not include pkgmap entries for BASEDIR and
other relocatable directories - those should either be created by the
preinstall script if they did not exist or should be in pkgmap but
conditional on particular classes enabled by a checkinstall script.

Cheers,

Nico
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