On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 03:50:41PM +0100, Federico Di Gregorio wrote: > Scavenging the mail folder uncovered Wichert Akkerman's letter: > > Previously John Hasler wrote: > > > Undo. > > > > dpkg will support rollback at some point, when reiserfs supports > > transactions. > > that's completely crazy. will you force anybody who wants rollback to > use raiserfs? generic applications like dpkg should be indipendent of > the fs used (as long as the fs provides an adeguate set of features, > surely i don't ask for a full-working dpkf on vfat...)
Heh. Do you have any idea how hard it is to implement rollback? Without package support, it is almost impossible without a system layer handling it (snapshot of preinstall state, so you can revert completely back to it). Ben -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
