Dave Miner wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> There is intentionally no interface to clear the download history. >> The pkg history command is modeled after the "zpool history" command, >> which as far as I know, doesn't provide a user a way to clear the >> history of a pool. >> >> I understand your need, but I don't know how to satisfy the >> requirement of "don't give users knobs they shouldn't have" and give >> others the tools they need. >> >> I'm a little torn here, and I could use some direction. >> > > Why shouldn't the user have the knob? They'll surely discover the > ability to remove the /history directory if they really want to do so, > and I think there are other legitimate uses besides DC's. If the > requirement is for an auditable log of operations, then I'd suggest pkg > should use auditing.
I didn't have a specific requirement given to me, I was just trying to follow the zpool history model since it was consistently mentioned as the idea one to follow. > While you're right that zpool doesn't offer a way to clear its log, it's > also implemented as a ring buffer so that its space consumption is bounded. Yes, I saw that while I was working on this. That's why I planned to allow the user to set the bound based on number of entries. Nevertheless, your concern is duly noted. I'll add a switch in the next round of reviews to allow purging it. Thanks for your feedback, -- Shawn Walker _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
