Brock Pytlik wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> Tom Mueller wrote: >> >>> Shawn Walker wrote: >>> >>>> One concern I have is what happens if pkg(1) enables/disables an >>>> authority while the packagemanager is running. >>>> >>>> What happens then? >>>> >>> The same thing that happens if you run "pkg unset-authority" while >>> packagemanager is running. The packages are removed from the catalog >>> cache on disk. However, since packagemanager already has that >>> information cached, it will still be able to install packages, etc. >>> from the authority that was disabled. >>> >> >> So, in other words, this is highly dependent on the client. I'm >> somewhat uncomfortable with the possible race conditions here, but for >> now, assuming this doesn't cause the packagemanager to traceback, I >> think we'll be alright. >> >> > I think for the time being running pkg from the command line while > packagemanager is the same as (for example) doing to pkg installs at > once: Don't Do That. This seems like about the most innocuous > interaction between the two I could imagine seeing. Until we solve this > problem at a much larger scale, I don't think we should worry about it > in this context.
I agree, but users aren't going to see it that way. If we permit them to do it, they will see no problem in doing so. I also don't see how we can really prevent it given updatemanager, etc. -- Shawn Walker _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
