Dan Price wrote: > 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?)
Sure however I didn't think that was doable in the amount of time I had. I think that your suggestion would fit well with the work Bart is doing in order to determine what packages/files constitute a reboot. Doing snapshots and clones as a whole will not hinder a more permanent solution. > > 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. I agree. I'll scan the current RFE's and create one if something similar doesn't exist. Tim > > -dp > _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
