Re: Merge of pkg_install-renovation

[Hubert Feyrer <hubert%feyrer.de@localhost>]

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > > - no more runtime dependencies on ftp or pax, pkg_install is essentially
> > >  self-contained
> >
> > Have you verified installation of binary packages
> >  - from local storage
> >  - via ftp
> >  - via http
>
> Yes. It has been used for that.

OK.

BTW, while there: have you tested httpd-URLS and http-URLs with basic 
authentication? This currently doesn't seem to work... (not crucial, but 
"would be nice").


> > > - pkg_add no longer extracts to /var/tmp, in-place installation is the
> > >  default
> >
> > How do you roll back if something goes wrong in pkg_add?
>
> pkg_delete as before. It makes sure to write the pkgdb entry first and
> will try to clean up as usual.

OK.


 - Hubert