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On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:38:15 -0400 |
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Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> wrote: |
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> What should happen if an ebuild calls "die" in pkg_prerm? |
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> The issue arose while trying to create a package that could not be |
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> uninstalled except as part of an upgrade. The first thing that came to |
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> mind was to have it die in pkg_prerm. |
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> What portage does is *appear* to crash, but then continue along as if |
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> nothing happened. |
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> Does the PMS cover this indirectly? (Is there a reliable way to make |
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> package removal fail?) |
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Is there any point in dying in any phase after (or during) |
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pkg_postinst ? |
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files are already live by then; what would this achieve ? |
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