Re: install/38571: sysinst runs "postinstall fix"

[Julian Djamil Fagir <gnrp%komkon2.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/38571; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Julian Djamil Fagir <gnrp%komkon2.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/38571: sysinst runs "postinstall fix"
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:43:38 +0100

 Hi,
 
 >  >  but what is a better one-line description of `postinstall fix`?
 >  >  Btw, it should be named postinstall anyway (just now occurred to me).
 >  
 >  Is that the actual execution of postinstall?  If so, in my experience
 >  it generally doesn't break /etc/, but it'll do things like delete
 >  obsolete files, report if some users or groups must be added (as
 >  postinstall cannot add those automatically yet), etc.  It'll also
 >  occasionally warn that some directories or files should be moved by the
 >  administrator.
 >  
 >  "Execute the post-installation/post-upgrade script"?
 but that's not a clear distinction from etcupdate(8) imho.
 
 >  However, that also won't really fix /etc/ like adding new configuration
 >  files or applying changes to them, for which etcupate is used.
 >  
 >  In the current state of postinstall, the output has to also be
 >  preserved so that the user can view it, perform any manual fixes
 >  needed, and rerun the check/fix phases to verify that all is clean.
 >  Of course, it'd probably be nice if the fix option could really
 >  autonomously perform any fix including merging user and group
 >  additions...
 Currently, there's a postinstall(8) run when `postinstall check` fails after
 an upgrade. According to its manpage, it replaces existing files with the new
 one and does not attempt to merge them.
 Doesn't the documentation match the actual program?
 
 Regards, Julian