Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 10:43:58 +0200 From: hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (Hans Lambermont) To: Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmaster deletes failed ports Message-ID: <20060907084358.GJ89080@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <60494.24.71.118.34.1157599049.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> References: <44FC4303.4050600@gmail.com> <200609042118.09134.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <44FC9527.6000802@gmail.com> <200609050048.57718.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <20060905104831.GF89080@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> <44FDAF66.7090701@FreeBSD.org> <op.tff6qjqvzq5pz4@sovaio.netoldies.com> <60494.24.71.118.34.1157599049.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca>
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Freddie Cash wrote: > On Wed, September 6, 2006 1:19 am, Bill Blue wrote: >> On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:09:58 -0700, Doug Barton wrote: >>> Hans Lambermont wrote: >>>> RW wrote: >>>>> I don't use portmaster myself, but I just took a look at the >>>>> script and, unless I'm missing something, it does appear that this >>>>> feature is missing from portmaster. There an option to create >>>>> backup packages, but nothing to automatically restore the previous >>>>> version if the install fails. >>>> I can confirm this. The auto-restore-backup would be a nice >>>> feature. Doug ? ;-) >>> I'm extremely reluctant to start trying to think for the user. Down >>> that path lies madness. > > Good. Programs should do what the user tells them to, not try and > guess what the user might want and try to be overly helpful in doing > strange and mysterious things. We agree completely here. > If the install fails, then error out with a nice message. Let the > user decide what to do after that. Exactly. The interesting question now is 'what is a failed upgrade' ? To me that is the system as it was in the state before the upgrade attempt. To you it is the system left as-is exactly where the upgrade process failed. Both approaches are useful, but the first one doesn't exist yet in portmaster. regards, Hans Lambermont
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