Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:49:15 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: Stanislav Sedov <stas@freebsd.org> Cc: 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: <CAF6rxgmFhhCVr5M8My%2B8ChFup%2Bp9MKWR94ezVLSq6ctnpYaXaw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20121128183422.714562856f27371c95d2a84e@FreeBSD.org> References: <201211260511.qAQ5B7DQ002346@svn.freebsd.org> <20121128170032.730be5fab68dba2a09aaa14e@FreeBSD.org> <CAF6rxgk8y_g803nLPQd=O0eSH836UnD3SbGx8WM_Lehx=h4U7w@mail.gmail.com> <20121128183422.714562856f27371c95d2a84e@FreeBSD.org>
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On 28 November 2012 21:34, Stanislav Sedov <stas@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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. How did this happen without running pkg2ng ? > I had to convert > them back to standard format by hand, but I still have the sqlite database > just in case. This is a rare case and exactly the use case for the environment variable. Perhaps you could also just rename the file. > 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. pkg is not maintained by FreeBSD so I couldn't add this if I wanted to ;) > I don't really see how this > message being in pkg_ tools helps to prevent a possible foot-shooting > at all. It reminds people that using the pkg_* tools once a conversion is done is wrong. > 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. Interesting idea. Maybe I shall do this. -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
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