On Fri 21 Mar 2008 at 02:23PM, Tim Knitter wrote:
>
> pkg install & uninstall ...
> - Take a snapshot before the attempted install/uninstall
> - install/uninstall to the live BE (see Note below)
> - If there are install/uninstall errors:
> ~ clone the snapshot
> ~ mount it but do not activate.
> ~ display to user that the failed attempt
> can be restored by activating the clone and rebooting
> - If there are no installation errors:
> destroy the snapshot.
This seems a bit confusing to me: If an install encounters errors-- can't we
just back out what we did and restore the files we changed from the
snapshot? (or from the repo?)
This may be a short-term fix, I realize-- but at a minimum it seems
like RFEs should be opened so that we can do better.
-dp
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Daniel Price - Solaris Kernel Engineering - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - blogs.sun.com/dp
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