On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:31:35 +0100 Marc Espie <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 05:20:54PM +0200, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi misc@ readers, Marc, > > > > Interactive removal of a package with pkg_delete $pkg_name also asks > > the removal of dependent packages (cool). > > > > This works OK and logs the removal of the package $pkg_name in messages > > at the end of the procedure. But does not seem to log the removal of > > the packages that also depend on the removed bits (and got removed). I > > may be looking at the wrong place or something, but expected this to be > > the same place. > > > > Would it be a good idea to also log removal of the dependent packages > > while removing a package, for the sake of operator awareness? > > > > P.S. Running pkg_delete -a manually afterwards logs fine removed > > packages (fallout) just fine. The removed dependants of $pkg_name > > however are not logged in messages log. The result is, some details > > are missed in the messages, while others comparative details are there. > > > > I'm asking because a python 2.7 upgrade from packages fails on a i386 > > older machine here, and have to remove it to upgrade my packages. I > > really don't care much about the python bit, just asking for the > > logging case as explained above. > > /var/log/messages has all the info, actually. > Thanks for looking into this, Marc. Here is what happened: $ sudo pkg_delete python can't delete python-2.7.10 without deleting glib2-2.46.1p0 Delete them as well ? [y/N/a] y can't delete glib2-2.46.1p0 without deleting desktop-file-utils-0.22p0 irssi-0.8.16p0 irssi-xmpp-0.52p2 loudmouth-1.4.3p6 mcabber-0.10.3 Delete them as well ? [y/N/a] y desktop-file-utils-0.22p0:mcabber-0.10.3: ok desktop-file-utils-0.22p0: ok loudmouth-1.4.3p6:irssi-xmpp-0.52p2: ok loudmouth-1.4.3p6: ok can't delete irssi-0.8.16p0 without deleting irssi-icb-0.14p10 irssi-otr-1.0.1 Delete them as well ? [y/N/a] y irssi-otr-1.0.1: ok irssi-icb-0.14p10: ok irssi-0.8.16p0: ok glib2-2.46.1p0: ok python-2.7.10: ok Read shared items: ok --- -python-2.7.10 ------------------- Don't forget to remove /usr/local/bin/python, /usr/local/bin/2to3, /usr/local/bin/python-config and/or /usr/local/bin/pydoc if they were symlinks to /usr/local/bin/python2.7, /usr/local/bin/python2.7-2to3, /usr/local/bin/python2.7-config or to /usr/local/bin/pydoc2.7. Error deleting directory /usr/local/include/python2.7: Directory not empty $ sudo pkg_delete -a nghttp2-1.4.0:gpgme-1.5.1p1: ok nghttp2-1.4.0:gnupg-1.4.19p0: ok libelf-0.8.13p3: ok partial-python-2.7.10: ok libassuan-2.1.1: ok libotr-4.1.0: ok libgpg-error-1.20:libgcrypt-1.6.4: ok libgpg-error-1.20: ok bzip2-1.0.6p7: ok libffi-3.2.1: ok Read shared items: ok This got logged in /var/log/messages Nov 23 16:00:57 fire pkg_delete: Removed python-2.7.10 Nov 23 16:01:18 fire pkg_delete: Removed gpgme-1.5.1p1 Nov 23 16:01:22 fire pkg_delete: Removed gnupg-1.4.19p0 Nov 23 16:01:23 fire pkg_delete: Removed libelf-0.8.13p3 Nov 23 16:01:23 fire pkg_delete: Removed partial-python-2.7.10 Nov 23 16:01:26 fire pkg_delete: Removed libassuan-2.1.1 Nov 23 16:01:28 fire pkg_delete: Removed libotr-4.1.0 Nov 23 16:01:30 fire pkg_delete: Removed libgcrypt-1.6.4 Nov 23 16:01:32 fire pkg_delete: Removed libgpg-error-1.20 Nov 23 16:01:34 fire pkg_delete: Removed bzip2-1.0.6p7 Nov 23 16:01:35 fire pkg_delete: Removed libffi-3.2.1 I'm missing notion of removed "delete them as well" packages, or should I expect these to be logged at all? Regards, Anton
