On Sat, 21 Jul 2018, Tom Lane wrote:
NetBSD would not automatically install an additional file. The build process is very explicit about which files get copied to the build's destination directory; it is also very selective in what files it includes in the .tgz "distribution set" files. Manual intervention is needed to update these steps.
And your point is? Should I conclude that NetBSD users see a seriously lobotomized set of time zones, or does the packager just automatically update the distribution list every time a new file shows up there?
Whenever the contents of the destination don't match what is expected, manual intervention is required to evaluate and make whatever changes are needed.
In my former life as a packager for Red Hat, you'd list a specific set of files you expected your package to install into, say, /usr/bin -- either an unexpected addition or unexpected removal there should set off alarm bells. But the file list for tzdb's database would almost certainly just be "/usr/share/zoneinfo/*"; there is no value in expending packager brain cells on second-guessing the upstream there. Maybe NetBSD's packaging toolchain is too impoverished to do that, but I'd certainly call that a bug not a feature.
Perhaps. Call it what you want, but that is reality. Not worth further debate. The info was offered only as a counter example to your doubt of the existence of packages who don't just include whatever shows up. +------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+ | Paul Goyette | PGP Key fingerprint: | E-mail addresses: | | (Retired) | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul at whooppee dot com | | Kernel Developer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette at netbsd dot org | +------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+