On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:30:06PM -0600, Jim Walker wrote: > >In the simple case, where a package is obsoleted without an associated > >rename, and nothing on the system depends on it, the package will be > >uninstalled on upgrade, and on initial install will emit a message, but not > >fail the installation. > > Since an upgrade on an obsoleted package has an opposite action (ie. > uninstall) compared to a normal package, shouldn't the user be warned > and/or a confirmation be required at least during individual pkg > install operations ie. non-image-update requests)?
Well, why stop at obsolescence of the whole pkg? Why not also do this for any feature removal that doesn't involve pkg removal? I.e., why not include an action to warn of feature removal? Also, should it be possible to warn of future removal? In ARC speak obsolete means that the feature will be removed in the future. In IPS speak obsolete seems to mean "has been removed". Is that inconsistency problematic? Nico -- _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
