Re: What do you wish for in an package manager?
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
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