Previously Harald Dunkel wrote: > This is realized by an additional installation state. Packages can > be 'applied', i.e. installed, and at a later time they can be > 'committed' to remove the backup of the old files, or they can > be 'rejected' to put the backup in place.
Intrigueing. It sounds exactly like something Hans Reiser and I talked about: you can do this as a combination of using dpkg and filesystem transactions. I'ld love to know how AIX implements it.. > Is there a chance to get such a feature for dpkg? This is the top > item on my wishlist for Xmas :-) Someday maybe, but don't hold your breath. Wichert -- ________________________________________________________________ / Generally uninteresting signature - ignore at your convenience \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~wichert/ | | 1024D/2FA3BC2D 576E 100B 518D 2F16 36B0 2805 3CB8 9250 2FA3 BC2D |
