[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #11206: pkgman update doesn't work anymore
- From: "bonefish" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:23:55 -0000
#11206: pkgman update doesn't work anymore
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Reporter: axeld | Owner: nobody
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: - General | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking: 11330
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Changes (by bonefish):
* owner: bonefish => nobody
* component: Kits/Package Kit => - General
Comment:
Replying to [comment:6 waddlesplash]:
> But now we're stuck with: what should the package manager do when there
are packages that cannot be upgraded? Should it deactivate these packages,
or show an error and not continue?
Unless I'm mistaken it already works such that if you ask to update a
specific package and it cannot be updated because that would break another
package, these two problem solutions (don't update or uninstall
problematic package) are offered. However, if you ask to update all
packages that can be updated -- as in this case -- not getting all the
possible options is exactly what should happen, since eventually there
might be an awful lot of them (due to mutually exclusive alternatives,
additional (e.g. "patented") repositories that replace certain packages,
etc.).
Anyway, this is not a problem on the package manager side. The problem is
that the package repository is in an inconsistent state.
On a related note, we should develop a strategy what to do in case of
updating a package to a binary incompatible version -- both regarding the
packaging aspect (the package should probably get another name) and
regarding the question what we want to happen with third-party software
that uses such a package.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/11206#comment:7>
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