[indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-10 Thread Alexander
Sometimes I need force uninstall single package. But in osol I can't do it. May be something like "pkg uninstall --force" (without deps packages) must be implemented? Cheers, Alex ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://ma

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-10 Thread Shawn Walker
Alexander wrote: > Sometimes I need force uninstall single package. > But in osol I can't do it. May be something like "pkg uninstall > --force" (without deps packages) must be implemented? "forced" install / uninstall is not planned at this time. For some reason a "break me" switch doesn't fill

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-10 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Shawn Walker wrote: > Alexander wrote: >> Sometimes I need force uninstall single package. >> But in osol I can't do it. May be something like "pkg uninstall >> --force" (without deps packages) must be implemented? > > "forced" install / uninstall is not planned at this time. For some > reason a

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-10 Thread Shawn Walker
Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> Alexander wrote: >>> Sometimes I need force uninstall single package. >>> But in osol I can't do it. May be something like "pkg uninstall >>> --force" (without deps packages) must be implemented? >> "forced" install / uninstall is not planned at this

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-10 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Shawn Walker wrote: > Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> Currently our script to install new builds of the X packages for testing >> uses similar overrides to SVR4 packages to allow us to pkgrm the old >> packages and pkgadd the new ones. I tried porting this to allow it to >> also work on an IPS system,

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-10 Thread Shawn Walker
Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> Alan Coopersmith wrote: >>> Currently our script to install new builds of the X packages for testing >>> uses similar overrides to SVR4 packages to allow us to pkgrm the old >>> packages and pkgadd the new ones. I tried porting this to allow it to

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-10 Thread Jonathan Edwards
On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: > Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> Shawn Walker wrote: >>> Alexander wrote: Sometimes I need force uninstall single package. But in osol I can't do it. May be something like "pkg uninstall --force" (without deps packages) must be implemen

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-10 Thread Shawn Walker
Jonathan Edwards wrote: > > On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: > >> Alan Coopersmith wrote: >>> Shawn Walker wrote: Alexander wrote: > Sometimes I need force uninstall single package. > But in osol I can't do it. May be something like "pkg uninstall > --force" (wit

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-10 Thread Stephen Hahn
* Jonathan Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-12-10 20:28]: > > On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: > > > Alan Coopersmith wrote: > >> Shawn Walker wrote: > >>> Alexander wrote: > Sometimes I need force uninstall single package. > But in osol I can't do it. May be something

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-10 Thread Jonathan Edwards
On Dec 10, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Stephen Hahn wrote: > * Jonathan Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-12-10 20:28]: >> >> On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: >> >>> Alan Coopersmith wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: > Alexander wrote: >> Sometimes I need force uninstall single packa

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-10 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Shawn Walker wrote: > Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> Shawn Walker wrote: >>> Alan Coopersmith wrote: Currently our script to install new builds of the X packages for testing uses similar overrides to SVR4 packages to allow us to pkgrm the old packages and pkgadd the new ones. I tr

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-10 Thread Shawn Walker
Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> Alan Coopersmith wrote: >>> Shawn Walker wrote: Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Currently our script to install new builds of the X packages for > testing > uses similar overrides to SVR4 packages to allow us to pkgrm the old > package

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-11 Thread Peter Tribble
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: > Alexander wrote: >> Sometimes I need force uninstall single package. >> But in osol I can't do it. May be something like "pkg uninstall >> --force" (without deps packages) must be implemented? > > "forced" install / uninstall is not planned at

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-11 Thread Shawn Walker
Peter Tribble wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: >> Alexander wrote: >>> Sometimes I need force uninstall single package. >>> But in osol I can't do it. May be something like "pkg uninstall >>> --force" (without deps packages) must be implemented? >> "forced" install / u

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-11 Thread Jon Trulson
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Jonathan Edwards wrote: > > On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: > >> Alan Coopersmith wrote: >>> Shawn Walker wrote: Alexander wrote: > Sometimes I need force uninstall single package. > But in osol I can't do it. May be something like "pkg uninstall

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-11 Thread Shawn Walker
Jon Trulson wrote: > On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Jonathan Edwards wrote: > >> >> On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: >> >>> Alan Coopersmith wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: > Alexander wrote: >> Sometimes I need force uninstall single package. >> But in osol I can't do it. May b

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-11 Thread Glenn Lagasse
* Jon Trulson (j...@radscan.com) wrote: > On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Jonathan Edwards wrote: > > > > > On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: > > > >> Alan Coopersmith wrote: > >>> Shawn Walker wrote: > Alexander wrote: > > Sometimes I need force uninstall single package. > > But

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-12 Thread Jon Trulson
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Glenn Lagasse wrote: > * Jon Trulson (j...@radscan.com) wrote: >> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Jonathan Edwards wrote: >> >>> >>> On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: >>> Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> Alexander wrote: >>> Sometimes I ne

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-12 Thread Jon Trulson
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Shawn Walker wrote: > Jon Trulson wrote: >> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Jonathan Edwards wrote: >> >>> >>> On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: >>> Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> Alexander wrote: >>> Sometimes I need force uninstall

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-12 Thread Will Young
Jon Trulson wrote: > On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Shawn Walker wrote: > > >> I'd rather address as many of those cases as possible before implementing >> the >> aforementioned options, and then only as a last resort. >> >> > >The problem with that, is that it is impossible to predict the >

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-12 Thread Shawn Walker
Will Young wrote: > Jon Trulson wrote: >> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Shawn Walker wrote: >> >> >>> I'd rather address as many of those cases as possible before >>> implementing the aforementioned options, and then only as a last resort. >>> >>> >> >>The problem with that, is that it is imposs

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-12 Thread Jon Trulson
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Shawn Walker wrote: > Will Young wrote: >> Jon Trulson wrote: >>> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Shawn Walker wrote: >>> >>> I'd rather address as many of those cases as possible before implementing the aforementioned options, and then only as a last resort. >>>

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-12 Thread Shawn Walker
Jon Trulson wrote: >> The point is, someone with the proper privileges is not prevented from >> either manipulating package state or doing things that will break the >> system already. >> > > No, the point is that the sysadmin/superman should be able to > install a package and ignore any dep

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-15 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Shawn Walker wrote: > Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> Shawn Walker wrote: >>> Alan Coopersmith wrote: Unfortunately, besides having to figure out how to parse the output of pkg uninstall -rnv, it would have to be fixed first to not throw a traceback: >>> The error you're seeing is an ou

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg uninstall without deps

2008-12-15 Thread Shawn Walker
Alan Coopersmith wrote: Also, why would you need to parse the output? >>> How else does the script know what packages to reinstall afterwards >>> so that upgrade-X doesn't leave the system without GNOME, Java, etc? >> Ah, I was assuming that you would rely on the dependencies to reinstall >> t