Hello, Right now, every time a bigger bunch of stuff (installed by various packages) needs to be moved around the filesystem, we have a lot of work to handle it somehow. And finally, users end up having to either rebuild a lot of packages to get the files in the new locations, or we do ugly things to move those files for them.
I believe we should consider implementing something simpler. Thus,
I propose introducing the following new command to profiles/updates:
fsmove <old-location> <new-location>
which -- at the moment of update -- will cause all PM-owned files
in the old-location to be moved to the new one (recursively), updating
the vdb as necessary.
What remains to be solved/decided:
1. How to treat non-owned files? (leave them there, refuse to proceed
with updates?)
2. How to handle relevant required updates? (packages which
actually *have* to be updated before moving files)
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Best regards,
Michał Górny
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