Re: bin/40577: pkg_delete -R gnome taking a VAST AMOUNT of time

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/40577; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: xtraeme%gmail.com@localhost
Cc: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, 
gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/40577: pkg_delete -R gnome taking a VAST AMOUNT of time
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 19:26:30 +0000

 On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 05:20:00PM +0000, xtraeme%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
  > So today I started the NetBSD VM and I wanted to update the gnome pkgs,
  > I have issued 'pkg_delete -R gnome' and now after 30 minutes, it's still
  > working on updating the +REQUIRED_BY files of all related packages.
  > The last line is:
  > 
  > "Building list of packages that 'gnome-2.24.1.96" required
 
 Is it working, or deadlocked/hung?
 
 And, if you've switched to the latest pkgtools, did you do the
 'pkg_admin rebuild' recommended by UPDATING?
 
  > 1- Don't use pkg_delete -R.
  > 2- Don't use pkg_install and pkgsrc.
  > 3- Write another package manager that doesn't suck (as I'm doing).
  > 4- Fix the bug 4 years later.
 
 How about 5- Blame Joerg? :-)
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost