Re: Proposed fix for long-standing +CONTENTS bug

["David H. Gutteridge" <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost>]

On Sat, 2020-04-18 at 15:08 +0100, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
> I'm pushing this new patch to my macOS and SmartOS builds for wider
> testing:
> 
https://github.com/joyent/pkgsrc/commit/78c27f000e00d309e4884dd962dd9dd0b84d9032
> 
> This fixes an extra issue compared to the last one, resolving problems
> seen with "registration is incomplete!" again during upgrades.  The
> commit message should explain all.
> 
> With these fixes I'm now able to run my stress test script to
> completion, with no changes made by "pkg_admin rebuild*" other than
> sort ordering after hundreds of random upgrades.
> 
> Wider review and testing would be appreciated.

Thanks for working on this, it's been a bit of an irritant for me for
years. I'll do some testing of it, I can put together at least a couple
of scenarios to try.

Dave