On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 11:16:57AM -0600, Tom Mueller wrote: > Danek, > If the pkg_client_name value is now being ignored, it seems that a program > that was working correctly before this change will not continue to work > correctly after the change. That doesn't seem to be compatible.
I talked to Brock about this -- he considered this a compatible change, but he can reconsider. Compatibility is a moot point if I'm changing all the consumers. > To make the program work correctly after the change, a statement would > have to be inserted that sets the pkg.client.global_settings.client_name. True. > Can't the pkg_client_name argument be used to set the global_settings > value? It could be, but it wasn't clear to me how that ought to work. If and only if the global_settings version is None, then set both? I guess that's reasonable. Danek _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
