From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 24 19: 8:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from stratos.net (unknown [207.86.135.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C403414D5A for ; Wed, 24 Mar 1999 19:08:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drifter@stratos.net) Received: (from drifter@localhost) by stratos.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) id WAA41510 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:11:08 GMT (envelope-from drifter) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:11:02 +0000 From: Rob To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: sysinstall package-add gotcha Message-ID: <19990324221102.B41467@stratos.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Guys, before you groan I have a suggestion to make. After I finally got GNOME to compile, I was experimenting with it when I decided that I wanted to install `ggv'. Okay, so I tried /usr/ports/print/ggv, but the file was unavailable at all five of the sites that was checked. Just for the hell of it, I tried installing the package using /stand/sysinstall, minimized the xterm and went about my business. After a while, I checked up on the installation to see what progress I was making. To my horror, I saw it downloading an older (incompatable) version of a gnome library. I immediately canceled, but the damage had been done because it had also clandestinely overwritten my gnomelibs-1.0.3. with an 0.99 and (I was not to discover until later) my ORBit library. What followed was a hellish attempt to recompile gnomelibs-1.0.3 libraries (It failed, because I didn't know about ORBit). I over- reacted and deinstalled the entire thing, and two days later, I recompiled. Yes, this was my own damn fault. But, hey, I'm human. I just didn't think about that possibility. So, my point is: why not change sysinstall to automatically detect when an older library is going to overwrite a newer one, and warn the user (maybe ring a bell as well) before overwriting files? Has this been discussed? Any misgivings about such an idea? -Rob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message