Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:34:22 -0800 From: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org> To: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> Cc: Stanislav Sedov <stas@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r243554 - in head/usr.sbin/pkg_install: add create delete info lib updating version Message-ID: <20121128183422.714562856f27371c95d2a84e@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgk8y_g803nLPQd=O0eSH836UnD3SbGx8WM_Lehx=h4U7w@mail.gmail.com> References: <201211260511.qAQ5B7DQ002346@svn.freebsd.org> <20121128170032.730be5fab68dba2a09aaa14e@FreeBSD.org> <CAF6rxgk8y_g803nLPQd=O0eSH836UnD3SbGx8WM_Lehx=h4U7w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:03:58 -0500 Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> mentioned: > On 28 November 2012 20:00, Stanislav Sedov <stas@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:11:07 +0000 (UTC) > > Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> mentioned: > > > >> Author: eadler > >> Date: Mon Nov 26 05:11:07 2012 > >> New Revision: 243554 > >> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/243554 > >> > >> Log: > >> Provide an option to users to shoot themselves in the foot. > >> > > > > This should probably be a default behavior. It's not good when all these > > warnings pop up everywhere just because local.sqlite file is present. > > Making the foot shooting behavior default defeats the point. > If local.sqlite exists it almost certainly means that you don't want > to run the old pkg_ tools. > For the few correct uses an opt-out option is provided. > Well, it's not entirely true. I did end up with local.sqlite because I stepped on the landmine of portmgr-pkg becoming the default for some reason. So I did end up with half of my packages being in the pkgng sqlite database, and half in standard /var/db/pkg. I had to convert them back to standard format by hand, but I still have the sqlite database just in case. I guess if you really want to prevent a foot-shooting, you should add a message to pkgng sayng in all caps e.g. "You are running experimental package manager and there's no migration plan from pkgng to old pkg exists." and maybe ask for confirmation. I don't really see how this message being in pkg_ tools helps to prevent a possible foot-shooting at all. At very least, it makes sense to make it conditional on WITH_PKGNG, so this code does not end up compiled in if PKGNG is disabled in src.conf. -- Stanislav Sedov ST4096-RIPE () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
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