Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:49:56 +0100 (CET) From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/47298: pkg_update removes installed package even if prerequisites are missing Message-ID: <200301211449.h0LEnud0048675@naos.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
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>Number: 47298 >Category: ports >Synopsis: pkg_update removes installed package even if prerequisites are missing >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 21 07:00:18 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gerald Pfeifer >Release: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD naos.dbai.tuwien.ac.at 4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 9 09:25:29 CET 2003 root@aludra.dbai.tuwien.ac.at:/usr/src/sys/compile/DBAI-MP i386 >Description: Even if prerequisites of the newer version of an already installed package are missing, pkg_update removes the installed (older) version of the package _before_ noticing that it won't be able to install the newer version. >How-To-Repeat: naos# pkg_info | grep mozilla mozilla-1.1_1,1 The open source, standards compliant web browser naos# pkg_update mozilla-1.2b_3,1.tgz Updating mozilla packages to version 1.2 pkg_add: could not find package fontconfig-2.0_2 ! pkg_add: could not find package Xft-2.0_1 ! Command '/usr/sbin/pkg_add mozilla-1.2b_3,1' failed, No such file or directory naos# pkg_info | grep mozilla naos# >Fix: First check for prerequisites of the new package, and only then remove the old package. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports-bugs" in the body of the message
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