Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 15:45:47 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: ports/31182: pkg_delete doesn't always remove symbolic links in packages Message-ID: <200110100245.f9A2jli11192@jonc.itouch>
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>Number: 31182
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: pkg_delete doesn't always remove symbolic links in packages
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-ports
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 09 19:50:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jonathan Chen
>Release: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD jonc.itouch 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Mon Oct 8 06:47:45 NZDT 2001 root@jonc.itouch:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/JONC i386
>Description:
pkg_delete doesn't deinstall a package cleanly if the package list has a
symbolic link that points to a file that has been removed by pkg_delete
earlier in the same run.
>How-To-Repeat:
install linux-base
pkg_delete linux-base
>Fix:
Cause:
pkg_delete refuses to remove them if the file that it points
to is already gone, as the md5 checksum doesn't match.
Two possible solutions:
1. change pkg_delete to *always* remove symbolic links, regardless
of checksum.
or 2. Update the Porter's Handbook to mention that it's better to
list symbolic links in the pkg-plist prior to real files.
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