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Date:      Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:24:14 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        pkgbase@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 259785] pkgbase installation order is underspecified
Message-ID:  <bug-259785-36141-VS8hmIgeYW@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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--- Comment #5 from Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org> ---
(In reply to Gleb Popov from comment #4)
> Anyways, I don't know much about pkgbase, why do pkgbase packages have po=
st-install scripts at all?

Look at e.g., release/packages/certctl.ucl.

> Hmm, pkg performs that splitting because it has to. We can't just disable=
 it, otherwise there would be no splits at all. If a file belonging to one =
packages is moved to an another on during the upgrade, but the dependence i=
s the other way around, we have to split and it can't be avoided. Or am I m=
issing something?

Splitting is necessary sometimes, but pkg has control over which package's
upgrades are split.  Suppose a file moves from package A-1.0 to B-1.0, and =
both
packages are currently installed.  Then, when upgrading to 2.0, we cannot h=
ave
A-1.0 and B-1.0 installed simultaneously.  What does pkg do here?  It could:

1. upgrade A-1.0->A-2.0, then upgrade B-1.0->B-2.0,
2. uninstall A-1.0, upgrade B-1.0->B-2.0, install A-2.0
3. uninstall B-1.0, upgrade A-1.0->A-2.0, install B-2.0

Which one does it do in practice?  Does it ever split upgrades unnecessaril=
y?=20
And, when a split is necessary, the solver should try to ensure that the
install job is scheduled as early as possible.

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