On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 02:27:58PM -0700, Jordan Brown wrote: > Interaction with SMF might well address the possible need for removal > vetoes for services-running. Whether it completely addresses the need > for preremove is less clear to me. For instance, when you go to > uninstall Adobe Reader, one of the things that should happen before you > actually remove the executable is to remove the entry in /etc/mailcap > that refers to it. (Granted, race conditions still cause problems.
What's wrong with a single generic service for things like mailcap updates? > Still, it seems tidy to keep the system consistent at all times.) While Yes :) > that (and all such file-type associations) could be modeled as an SMF > service, doing so seems like something of a stretch. pkg removal -> drop a note where that service will find it and ping the service. Better: pkg removal -> ping that service and let it discover what changed. > My real worry in eliminating scripting is a fear of the unknown. It's an ongoing project :) Nico -- _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
