On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 11:16:51AM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2024/08/15 18:33, Marc Espie wrote:
> > Enter @extraglob
> > ----------------
> > 
> > basically: stuff like @extraglob /var/tomcat/conf/
> > will remove the tomcat dir with everything inside it
> > 
> > or stuff like
> > @extraglob /var/db/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/
> 
> It would be really nice to have a way to do this / @extra without
> triggering "you should also remove X" during (some?) package updates.
> 
> I stopped using @extra and friends in most of my ports becausesometimes
> people (understandably) believe that they should follow those messages
> and end up removing important files.

Easy to add keywords, actually.

I got "always" to have extra and extraglob actually remove the 
files/directories in every case.

Just as easily, I can add a "silent" keyword that would suppress the logged
message ;)