[OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS-devel] Thinking about 1.6

Russ Allbery rra@stanford.edu
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:40:18 -0800


"Buhrmaster, Gary" <gtb@slac.stanford.edu> writes:

> Many (linux) packaging systems will just replace older versions without
> a discussion with the installer about what else they need to change (it
> is actually a pet peeve of mine that there is nothing equivalent to the
> SMP/E "HOLD(DOC)" capability(*) in most packaging systems).

The package should recognize that an upgrade is happening and adjust the
bos configuration accordingly.

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Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>