Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:11:02 +0000 From: Rob <drifter@stratos.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: sysinstall package-add gotcha Message-ID: <19990324221102.B41467@stratos.net>
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Hi,
Guys, before you groan I have a suggestion to make. After I
finally got GNOME to compile, I was experimenting with it when I
decided that I wanted to install `ggv'.
Okay, so I tried /usr/ports/print/ggv, but the file was unavailable
at all five of the sites that was checked. Just for the hell of it,
I tried installing the package using /stand/sysinstall, minimized the
xterm and went about my business.
After a while, I checked up on the installation to see what
progress I was making. To my horror, I saw it downloading an older
(incompatable) version of a gnome library.
I immediately canceled, but the damage had been done because it
had also clandestinely overwritten my gnomelibs-1.0.3. with an 0.99
and (I was not to discover until later) my ORBit library.
What followed was a hellish attempt to recompile gnomelibs-1.0.3
libraries (It failed, because I didn't know about ORBit). I over-
reacted and deinstalled the entire thing, and two days later, I
recompiled.
Yes, this was my own damn fault. But, hey, I'm human.
I just didn't think about that possibility.
So, my point is: why not change sysinstall to automatically
detect when an older library is going to overwrite a newer one, and warn
the user (maybe ring a bell as well) before overwriting files?
Has this been discussed? Any misgivings about such an idea?
-Rob
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