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From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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Subject: ports/31182: pkg_delete doesn't always remove symbolic links in packages
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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.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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