Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 00:20:23 GMT From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/92866: pkg_add should return a different result code if package is installed Message-ID: <200602060020.k160KNpM029994@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200602060030.k160U4Za041141@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 92866 >Category: misc >Synopsis: pkg_add should return a different result code if package is installed >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 06 00:30:04 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jo Rhett >Release: 6.0 >Organization: Silicon Valley Colocation >Environment: FreeBSD [hostname].meer.net 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #4: Fri Nov 11 13:29:33 PST 2005 >Description: If you try to install a package using pkg_add, and check the return code, pkg_add returns the same result (1) if it can't install the package or the package is already installed. This makes it problematic to script. In particular, if you install with a URL, pkg_add will recursively attempt to install the dependancies. So if you have a list package1 package2 package3 And you install package1, which requires package2, then both are installed (yay) However, when you go to the next item, pkg_add will fail and if you are checking error codes it will abort. If pkg_add returned a different error code for an already installed package it would be easier to script. >How-To-Repeat: pkg_add http://somesite/package1.tbz package1 requires package2, which it downloads and installs. pkg_add http://somesite/package2.tbz echo $? (or $status) >Fix: Return a different error code if the package is already installed. either 2 or -1 come to mind... >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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