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Re: /usr/local spillage

From: Matthias Kilian (kilioutback.escape.de)
Date: Sun Jan 02 2005 - 20:11:38 CST


On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 03:49:42PM -0500, Steve Shockley wrote:
> >Using systrace isn't funny for bulk builds, since it slows things
> >down. However, for working on specific ports, it just rocks.
>
> Should systrace be used for ports known to misbehave, like the ones that
> WRITES_TO_HOME?

Whenever make build or make fake in a port tries to access anything
not permitted in /usr/ports/infrastructure/db/systrace.filter, I
would classify this port as broken. In short: systrace *should* be
used when working on a port (IMHO).

BTW: which ports are you talking about? I'm not aware of such bad
beasts.

Ciao,
        Kili