Re: pkg_tarup inclusion in pkg_create

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 01:11:11PM +0100, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> Another option would be to remove the dependency of "make replace" on 
> pkg_tarup. No idea why that was added in the first place, as we do not 
> provide that level of rollback anywhere.

It was added to provide that level of rollback, yes.

This was so that you could recover from a "make replace" when a
major number bump on a library happened.

Regards,
Alistair