Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:57:22 +0200 From: Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org> To: Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Cc: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>, Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Proposal for making the kernel packages preserve old copies Message-ID: <b40124ba-cf1f-5841-1c35-979c5da8c21d@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1536694085.2759965.1504668272.4564BA99@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <e80c454a-737a-55dc-7db6-2d40296d12a4@FreeBSD.org> <1536694085.2759965.1504668272.4564BA99@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On 9/11/18 9:28 PM, Brad Davis wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018, at 9:58 AM, Guido Falsi wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've finally cleaned up a local patch I've been using and sent it as a >> code review: >> >> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17119 >> >> >> As stated in the subject this patch uses a deinstall script to make the >> kernel packages copy the kernel directory to kernel.old when >> deinstalling. This leaves a fallback kernel on the system when >> upgrading, which I find quite useful. >> >> I intentionally made it mimic the "make installkernel" behavior. >> >> I did not add any reviewers in the phabric review since I don't know who >> I should ask, but I'd like to get some feedback about this. > > Hi Guido, > > Good idea, but there is a different plan in the works. Because potentially there is the desire to keep many kernels around. So we are going to name all the kernels kernel.version and the loader I believe already knows how to find them. Allan? Kyle? Do you know what the status is here? I was not aware of this! Definitely better than my hack. > > See the kernel section here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase#Project_goals_and_additional_unresolved_issues > > If you would like to help work on this I would appreciate it. If you want to take a look at making pkg understand that multiple versions of the same pkg can be installed, that would be great! I Can try to have a look, but this will require some time to study the pkg codebase in detail. Is there someone already looking at this? someone I should talk to? -- Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org>
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