Freddie Cash wrote: > On Wed, September 6, 2006 1:19 am, Bill Blue wrote: >> On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:09:58 -0700, Doug Barton wrote: >>> Hans Lambermont wrote: >>>> RW wrote: >>>>> I don't use portmaster myself, but I just took a look at the >>>>> script and, unless I'm missing something, it does appear that this >>>>> feature is missing from portmaster. There an option to create >>>>> backup packages, but nothing to automatically restore the previous >>>>> version if the install fails. >>>> I can confirm this. The auto-restore-backup would be a nice >>>> feature. Doug ? ;-) >>> I'm extremely reluctant to start trying to think for the user. Down >>> that path lies madness. > > Good. Programs should do what the user tells them to, not try and > guess what the user might want and try to be overly helpful in doing > strange and mysterious things.
We agree completely here. > If the install fails, then error out with a nice message. Let the > user decide what to do after that. Exactly. The interesting question now is 'what is a failed upgrade' ? To me that is the system as it was in the state before the upgrade attempt. To you it is the system left as-is exactly where the upgrade process failed. Both approaches are useful, but the first one doesn't exist yet in portmaster. regards, Hans Lambermont _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
