Subject: Re: Proposal: removal of sendmail and postfix from base install
To: Joachim Kuebart <kuebart@mathematik.uni-ulm.de>
From: Jachym Holecek <freza@liberouter.org>
List: current-users
Date: 03/19/2005 12:42:51
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 11:53:55AM +0100, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote:
> > Jim Wise <jwise@draga.com> writes:
> > 
> > >   cd /usr/src/distrib/syspkg/sets
> > >   make register
> > >   pkg_delete -K /var/db/syspkg base-postfix-*
> > 
> > What happens after 'cvs update', build, and install?  Will I be able
> > to do the above again, with no complaints from the package system?  Or
> > will there be conflicts between the old and the new package registrations?
> 
> After pkg_delete the package is gone along with its registration. If it
> gets re-installed, re-registering it will work without problems.

I understand the question is what happens to packages you *didn't* remove.
Ie. would 'make register' update the package database gracefully?

	Regards,
		-- Jachym Holecek