Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/sysutils

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

On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 01:02:28PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
 > > MESSAGE basicaly doesn't work at all; it scrolls by in bulk operations.
 > 
 > Then bulk operations needs to be reworked. 

I agree, but someone needs to figure out how and propose a scheme for
it... one that'll work with all the different updating methods that
exist, which is a nontrivial problem.

However it's much the same problem as fixing the performance problems
with tex updates: some kind of scheme for registering things that need
to be done at the end of an update session, and way to list and run
them that can be deployed at strategic points.

(For example, to deal with the tex problem you might have "pkg_admin
defer <script>", with the ability to dedup the scripts. Then at places
like the end of "make replace" do "pkg_admin list-deferred", which
would say "3 deferred actions; please run pkg_admin run-deferred to
execute them". And at the end of a full pkg_rr run do "pkg_admin
run-deferred".)

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost