Do make your ports remove empty directories when they are
de-installed. This is usually accomplished by adding
@dirrm
lines for all directories that are
specifically created by the port. You need to delete subdirectories
before you can delete parent directories.
: lib/X11/oneko/pixmaps/cat.xpm lib/X11/oneko/sounds/cat.au : @dirrm lib/X11/oneko/pixmaps @dirrm lib/X11/oneko/sounds @dirrm lib/X11/oneko
However, sometimes @dirrm
will give you
errors because other ports share the same directory. You
can use @dirrmtry
to
remove only empty directories without warning.
@dirrmtry share/doc/gimp
This will neither print any error messages nor cause
pkg_delete(1) to exit abnormally even if
${PREFIX}/share/doc/gimp
is not
empty due to other ports installing some files in there.
Empty directories created during port installation need special
attention. They will not get created when installing the package,
because packages only store the files, and pkg_add(1) creates
directories for them as needed. To make sure the empty directory
is created when installing the package, add this line to
pkg-plist
above the corresponding
@dirrm
line:
@exec mkdir -p %D/share/foo/templates
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