[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dan Price wrote: > >> 2658 Until image-update is fully automated, it should point users to docs, >> and require them to say "yes" >> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=2658 >> >> Comments, please? Wordsmithing, etc. I totally made up the URL, >> so pointers to the right location are appreciated. >> >> $ pkg image-update -n >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WARNING: image-updating a system should be performed only after reviewing >> upgrade notes posted at: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/pkg/upgrade >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Have you reviewed the upgrade notes? [y,n,q] y >> Proceeding with update. >> >> I will also provide a '-y' flag to answer yes to the question >> automatically. >> >> As I said in the bug report, I hate having to do this, but I hate >> bricking people's systems even more. >> >> > > As someone who may represent your typical end user, I'd say this looks > good to me. It may be better to not turn "image-update" into a verb > though (this English nuance may confuse some). > > Is there some upgrade point after which pkg can automatically *not* show > this message and it will be safe to upgrade? I guess that's the "fully > automated" part of the bug... > > > I asked Dan a similar question which is: Once we put this in, when can we back it back out?
I'll let Dan expand on some of the ideas he had about this, but his idea of perhaps letting what you're upgrading to let you know if there's going to need to be a manual step is a good one. If we provide a general hook in version X so that the client's pkg can always be told to display an arbitrary warning message and ask for confirmation, it seems like that might cover all contingencies, but I'm not certain. Thanks, Brock _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
