2012/2/26 Maciej Bliziński <[email protected]>: > The current sudo package allows to deinstall it and lose the binary. If > a pkgutil upgrade fails after deinstallation, and before the > installation of sudo, you end up with a system with no sude. Here's an > idea: > > - sudo preremove backs up the sudo binary somewhere on the filesystem > - sudo postinstall checks if the new binary is actually installed, and > if so, removes the backup (the old binary might have a security risk) > > This idea would help in my scenario, but has a drawback: when the > administrator wants to get rid of the sudo binary from the filesystem. > You run pkgrm, and the sudo binary remains somewhere in the system. > > Is it enough to display a postrm message: "The sudo binary has been > backed up at $location, remove it manually if you really want to get rid > of it." > > Thoughts?
I like the idea and you need a message anyway to make others aware of that safety net being available. /peter _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.
