Subject: pkg/21942: Suggestion for "make replace" target in pkgsrc
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <xavier@injep.fr>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 06/20/2003 14:07:55
>Number: 21942
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: Suggestion for make replace : keep previous libs
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: pkg-manager
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri Jun 20 12:09:01 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Xavier HUMBERT
>Release: NetBSD 1.6T
>Organization:
INJEP
>Environment:
System: NetBSD frodo.injep.fr 1.6T NetBSD 1.6T (XAVIER) #2: Mon May 12 15:56:26 CEST 2003 root@frodo.injep.fr:/usr/obj.i386/sys/arch/i386/compile/XAVIER i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
When one use "make replace" to more-or-less safely upgrade a package (make upgrade is really dangerous),
the Makefile target "replace" tar_ups the package, then delete it entirely, eventually leaving
shared library dependencies broken for other packages.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
I suggest using the same mechanism as FreeBSD's portupgrade : when replacing a package, keep the shared libs
in place, just upgrade the symlinks.
E.g. :
/usr/pkg/lib/libncurses++.a
/usr/pkg/lib/libncurses++.la
/usr/pkg/lib/libncurses++.so -> libncurses++.so.5.3
/usr/pkg/lib/libncurses++.so.5 -> libncurses++.so.5.3
/usr/pkg/lib/libncurses++.so.5.2
/usr/pkg/lib/libncurses++.so.5.3
/usr/pkg/lib/libncurses.a
/usr/pkg/lib/libncurses.la
/usr/pkg/lib/libncurses.so -> libncurses.so.5.3
/usr/pkg/lib/libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.3
/usr/pkg/lib/libncurses.so.5.2
/usr/pkg/lib/libncurses.so.5.3
should be in /usr/pkg/lib after upgrading ncurses from 5.2 to 5.3
Best regards,
Xavier
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INJEP | humbert@injep.fr
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