Re: pkg/24255 (pkg_delete removes meta data even if deinstall fails)

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/24255; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: joerg%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
        Christian Biere <christianbiere%gmx.de@localhost>
Subject: Re: pkg/24255 (pkg_delete removes meta data even if deinstall
 fails)
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:27:03 +0200

 On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 09:50:04AM +0000, Matthew Mondor wrote:
 >  I doubt it, but could access(2) reliably be used as a first pass before
 >  the unlink(2)/rmdir(2) phase to fail before performing any
 >  non-reversible operation?
 
 AFAIK, no. Many file systems don't check for read-only mounts etc. in
 this case.
 
 Frankly, I consider this a clear "won't fix".
 
 Joerg