Paul de Weerd writes:
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 03:14:22PM +0200, Marc Espie wrote:
> | On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 01:48:19PM +0200, Paul de Weerd wrote:
> | > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 01:27:23PM +0200, Marc Espie wrote:
> | > | > By having each set install a specific file in a well-known location.
> | > | > Before sysupgrade I wrote my own script to upgrade machines, this uses
> | > | > /var/db/sets/{base,comp,game,man,xbase,xfont,xserve,xshare} to
> | > | > determine what has been installed and upgrade only those sets.
> | > |
> | > | We actually know what file belongs to which set.
> | > | see /usr/lib/locate/src.db
> | >
> | > This doesn't list files from x-sets.
> |
> | ... there's obviously the corresponding database for x in xbase, duh
>
> Right. Wasn't aware of that one, but doesn't really make it easier:
>
> So, if /usr/lib/locate/src.db exists, we can ...
I rest my case.
Matthew
