Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 17:44:09 +0100 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Kurt Jaeger <pi@opsec.eu>, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install of pkg fuse-ntfs fails because of undefined symbol in pkg!?! Message-ID: <589C9C59.4050705@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <20170209162600.GP13006@home.opsec.eu> References: <dvvl9chf9h22dpjto35d44enid819p9rnc@4ax.com> <h91m9cpbmp6js1km1bson74he5uuui9r6h@4ax.com> <1c6cccac-b151-d13c-c763-b336c4680118@freebsd.org> <ndjm9cl4samqgioi25ro8p2q6liimvr1h4@4ax.com> <35a953e3-918b-fc32-d990-51f7da16c884@FreeBSD.org> <AE0D514C-D235-462D-B31D-66FC619D9F4D@lastsummer.de> <20170209161249.GL2092@kib.kiev.ua> <20170209162600.GP13006@home.opsec.eu>
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Kurt Jaeger wrote on 2017/02/09 17:26: > Hi! > >> On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 04:30:20PM +0100, Franco Fichtner wrote: >>> FreeBSD package management makes an ABI promise in the form of >>> "FreeBSD:10:amd64", but not even pkg code itself adheres to this, >>> and thus we have had subtle and yet fatal breakage in 10.2 and 10.3. >> Stop spreading FUD. There is no ABI breakage on stable/10 branch, >> nor there is a breakage in the package sets. > > On the one hand: > > Maybe we can agree that the pkg binary breaking between different > 10.x versions was unfortunate ? I understand that it was not a > break of the ABI promises per se, but I can tell you, I was surprised > as well, when it bite me 8-} > > On the other hand: > > Getting the ports/pkg tree moving with the velocity necessary > to cope with the fast-changing world, sometimes things break > and we all try to prevent this. Sometimes, mistakes happen... I don't have a problem with pkg / ports but I see the point from some others perspective. Why don't add some check in to "pkg" to deny (or warn user) upgrade or install on unsupported / EOLed system? Just check version on current system against some metadata info in repository. Is it too much to ask? Miroslav Lachman
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