Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:28:05 -0600 From: Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Cc: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>, Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Proposal for making the kernel packages preserve old copies Message-ID: <1536694085.2759965.1504668272.4564BA99@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <e80c454a-737a-55dc-7db6-2d40296d12a4@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Sep 11, 2018, at 9:58 AM, Guido Falsi wrote: > Hi, > > I've finally cleaned up a local patch I've been using and sent it as a > code review: > > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17119 > > > As stated in the subject this patch uses a deinstall script to make the > kernel packages copy the kernel directory to kernel.old when > deinstalling. This leaves a fallback kernel on the system when > upgrading, which I find quite useful. > > I intentionally made it mimic the "make installkernel" behavior. > > I did not add any reviewers in the phabric review since I don't know who > I should ask, but I'd like to get some feedback about this. Hi Guido, Good idea, but there is a different plan in the works. Because potentially there is the desire to keep many kernels around. So we are going to name all the kernels kernel.version and the loader I believe already knows how to find them. Allan? Kyle? Do you know what the status is here? See the kernel section here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase#Project_goals_and_additional_unresolved_issues If you would like to help work on this I would appreciate it. If you want to take a look at making pkg understand that multiple versions of the same pkg can be installed, that would be great! Regards, Brad Davishome | help
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