On Jul 25, Turbo Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I'd suggest that all logfiles will be removed when the package
>> is purged, but is that written down somewhere and do packages
>> make use of it?
>Don't you dare... I think that should be up to the administrator...
Then please give us
I've been thinking a bit more about implementation issues for dealing
with too many prompts during installation.
(*) we still need to emphasize the need for reasonable defaults,
introducing this configuration mechanism doesn't solve problems, it just
gives another way of dealing with problems.
(*
On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Martin Schulze wrote:
>Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
>
>> > I'd suggest that all logfiles will be removed when the package
>> > is purged, but is that written down somewhere and do packages
>> > make use of it?
>>
>> Don't you dare... I think that should be up to the administrator.
> > I suppose this needs to be taken to the policy group. Either we need to
> > support folks who have /usr/X11R6 mounted from a different device, or we
> > need to forbid it. Either way something has to change.
>
> We could always go with door number 3, and do something truly radical.
> People
On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Martin Schulze wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Database, this reminds me. The *SQL packages ought to ask in their
> postrm script if the database data shall be remove, too. I'd like
> to see the same (I'd prefer a non-asking mechanism) would happen to
> not maintained
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Database, this reminds me. The *SQL packages ought to ask in their
> postrm script if the database data shall be remove, too. I'd like to
> see the same (I'd prefer a non-asking mechanism) would happen to not
> maintained (i.e. no rotating script, no pack
On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Raul Miller wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > A few weeks ago I was running dselect via telnet and the remote machine
> > got disconnected at exactly the wrong time. When I reconnected, I had to
> > purge and reinstall a package to finish the upgrade. T
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Database, this reminds me. The *SQL packages ought to ask in their
> postrm script if the database data shall be remove, too. I'd like
> to see the same (I'd prefer a non-asking mechanism) would happen to
> not maintained (i.e. no rotating script, no
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> A reminder email won't necessarily work. Even if you had a dependency
> on mail transport agent, you can uninstall (which means dependencies
> don't matter any more) then later purge.
>
> A question in the postrm would be more useful.
As a last resort,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > I'd suggest that all logfiles will be removed when the package
> > > > is purged, but is that written down somewhere and do packages
> > > > make use of it?
> > >
> > > Don't you dare... I think that should be up to the administrator...
> >
> > When a package is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A few weeks ago I was running dselect via telnet and the remote machine
> got disconnected at exactly the wrong time. When I reconnected, I had to
> purge and reinstall a package to finish the upgrade. This is a situation
> where I would not want the l
On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 10:57:33 +0200
>
> Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
>
> > > I'd suggest that all logfiles will be removed when the package
> > > is purged, but is that written down somewhere and do packages
> > > make use of it?
> >
> > Don't you dare
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
>
> > Don't you dare... I think that should be up to the administrator...
>
> When a package is removed it has to remove itself entirely. I guess
> logfiles also count.
The logfile is not part of the package, it is 'part of
Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
> > I'd suggest that all logfiles will be removed when the package
> > is purged, but is that written down somewhere and do packages
> > make use of it?
>
> Don't you dare... I think that should be up to the administrator...
When a package is removed it has to remove its
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Schulze) writes:
> What is our packaging policy about logfiles?
[...]
> I'd suggest that all logfiles will be removed when the package
> is purged, but is that written down somewhere and do packages
> make use of it?
Don't you dare... I think that should be up to the a
Hi,
this just came up to my mind, I'm not sure that even I have dealt
with it so I think bringing it up publically is a good thing.
What is our packaging policy about logfiles?
Logfiles are rotated on a daily, weekly or monthly basis through
the /etc/cron./ files.
But what happens with the logf
On Sat, Jul 25, 1998 at 02:05:02AM -0500, Rob Browning wrote:
> Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I suppose this needs to be taken to the policy group. Either we need to
> > support folks who have /usr/X11R6 mounted from a different device, or we
> > need to forbid it. Either wa
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I suppose this needs to be taken to the policy group. Either we need to
> support folks who have /usr/X11R6 mounted from a different device, or we
> need to forbid it. Either way something has to change.
We could always go with door number 3, and d
Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 1.0~1foo-1
> 1.0~2bar-1
> ...
> 1.0-1
So far, I think this is what everyone has intended. I can agree that
"negative" is a misnomer in this case.
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Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP=E80E0D04F521A094 532B97F5D64E3930
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 15:45:54 -0500
From: Branden Robinson
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mark W. Eichin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bug#24853 acknowledged by developer (I have a "doc" symlink (so
what do I win
Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My concerns is that, in my understanding, some people seem to want to
> add a "negative meaning" to the special char, whatever it will be,
Only for that character, not for characters which follow.
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Raul
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