Nicolas Williams wrote:

> I've posted a script before that services can use to delete themselves.
> The same logic allows for disabling too.  The same logic allows for
> removal of the service and pkg that delivered it both.

I'm skeptical of automatic service deletion.  If the service is deleted but
the manifest isn't, won't the service get re-imported next time
manifest-import gets run?  If so, then there needs to be some way for the
service to say that it shouldn't be re-imported.

As for automatic package removal, that seems even more dubious.  The
package would be on the system either because a user explicitly asked for
it, or because it satisfied a dependency.  We shouldn't be in the business
of removing packages without asking if we were explicitly told it should be
on the system, and we shouldn't be in the business of breaking dependencies
(see numerous previous threads for arguments).

> Can't the IPS SMF actuator have an option to enable disabled to-be-
> pinged services?  (I realize that most of the time one would want the
> actuator to honor disabled services.)

I don't know what this means.

Danek
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