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

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

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

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@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: Sun, 1 May 2011 04:47:00 +0000

 On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 09:05:03PM +0000, Matthew Mondor wrote:
  >  Hmm since the submitter can't test anymore, does this bother anyone else
  >  enough to prevent this PR from being switched to closed or analyzed
  >  state?
 
 I dunno, I'd rather that if something belched while it was being
 removed we didn't delete the only available record of which particular
 wreckage in /usr/pkg belonged to it.
 
 ISTM offhand that it shouldn't be too hard to mark the package as
 partially deleted in the metadata first, delete the contents, then
 delete the metadata.
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost