Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 15:43:38 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Rajappa Iyer <rsi@panix.com> Cc: Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>, Jaakko Salomaa <jsalomaa@saunalahti.fi>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Message-ID: <19990925154338.A78022@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <199909242208.SAA06980@panix.com>; from Rajappa Iyer on Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 06:08:15PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909241440450.71250-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> <6939.938202872@localhost> <19990924140357.A71450@norn.ca.eu.org> <199909242208.SAA06980@panix.com>
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On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 06:08:15PM -0400, Rajappa Iyer wrote:
> 4. The number of times that I've had a random bug in the
> {pre|post}{install|remove} scripts essentially render the system
> unupgradeable is not funny. I have had to go and physically remove
> some files and edit the package database by hand to get the system
> back to some sane state.
You have sent in PRs for the ports/packages where you've had this problem,
right?
N
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non-self-referential dummy head-node whose own object destructor severs
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