On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:09:19 +0200 Sam Geeraerts <[email protected]> wrote:
> Karl Goetz schreef: > >> So far app-install-data-commercial hasn't been automatically > >> removed from the systems that have it because it's still listed in > >> the package index (although the package files themselves have been > >> removed). So a way to solve this bug would be to add the package to > >> the repo again, along with a fixed version (one that does the same > >> in post-removal as in post-install). Then after a while, when we > >> can assume that everyone got the update, the package can be removed > >> properly from the repo, so that it gets removed cleanly from the > >> affected computers. > > > > Re-introducing the package so it only performs the list removals > > could be a workable option. > > You mean removing the current packages and adding our own package > with the same name and a bumped version but without payload, that > only serves to counteract the effects of the original package? Very > interesting idea. I bet it's not even as hard as it sounds to fit it > into Builder. But I could be wrong. :) Exactly what I mean :) its basically another metapackage, perhaps with a few if [badfile] rm $file ;fi thrown in as needed. kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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