Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:03:21 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> To: Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg 1.4 freeze please test test test! Message-ID: <20141029230321.GL11033@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <CAEJt7hZHLyFxm7w2ArzAQ4=GOhSxX=Mf7WYNdbxhC%2BuJeOj=Hg@mail.gmail.com> References: <20141028231933.GG26796@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <CAEJt7hZHLyFxm7w2ArzAQ4=GOhSxX=Mf7WYNdbxhC%2BuJeOj=Hg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 06:07:44PM -0400, Henry Hu wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
>=20
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>
> wrote:
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > We are starting the release process of pkg 1.4, we want to have a better
> > release
> > process than with every single previous version of pkg. For that we will
> > need
> > you help!
> >
> > pkg-devel has been updated to the latest version of pkg as of alpha2.
> >
> > Changes you can expect in pkg 1.4 are the following:
> > - Loads of bug fixes
> > - Stricter checking of the path passed via the plist
> > - Removal of the bundled libyaml
> > - new --raw-format to chose the output format for info -R and search -R
> > - ABI is now follwing MACHINE_ARCH (freebsd:10:x86:64 become
> > FreeBSD:10:amd64)
> > the old ABI is available as a fallback in ALTABI
> > - pkg check now support a quiet mode
> > - new 3 way merge code ("stolen" from the fossil-scm) to allow automerg=
ing
> > configuration files
> > - new @config keyword to mark a file as a config file (during
> > upgrade/reinstallation it will try to merge the configuration with the
> > one the
> > user may have modified) an option AUTOMERGE is available to prevent
> > automerging if automerge fails a .pkgnew file will be created along w=
ith
> > the
> > untouched user version of the configuration
> > - The update procedure has been improved and speed up a lot (in particu=
lar
> > for
> > machine with low resources)
> > - The unique identifier has been modified to be pkgname meaning now por=
ts
> > can be
> > moved in new categories without having to be considered a different
> > package
> > - Only libraries starting by lib* are added to the provided libraries
> > - General speed up of all operations
> >
> > We need help in testing, but we also need help in writing regression te=
sts
> > !
> > The more we have tests the more stable the releases will be.
> >
> > The release will also allow to be able to package base!
> >
>=20
> I've just tried pkg-devel 1.4.0.alpha3 and found something strange: when a
> pkg is removed, pkgs which depend on it are not removed.
>=20
> For example:
>=20
> > sudo pkg remove libX11
> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
> Deinstallation has been requested for the following 1 packages (of 0
> packages in the universe):
>=20
> Installed packages to be REMOVED:
> libX11-1.6.2_2,1
>=20
> The operation will free 6 MB.
>=20
> Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]:
> > sudo pkg remove -R libX11
> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
> Deinstallation has been requested for the following 1 packages (of 0
> packages in the universe):
>=20
> Installed packages to be REMOVED:
> libX11-1.6.2_2,1
>=20
> The operation will free 6 MB.
>=20
> Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]:
>=20
Seems like can you store somewhere you /var/db/pkg/local.sqlite so that we =
can
fix your situation?
Best regards,
Bapt
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