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pkg_add: stop advising to remove files on update
yes please! these messages have caused a lot of problems for people,
because they follow the erroneous instructions.
we can fix up other messages as we see them.
OK
On 2025 Apr 27 (Sun) at 11:24:32 +0000 (+0000), Klemens Nanni wrote:
:Make that last line disappear unless you actually delete the package:
:
: # pkg_add -uDinstalled ietf-cli
: quirks-7.105:updatedb-0p0->0p0: ok
: quirks-7.105 signed on 2025-04-26T20:42:44Z
: quirks-7.105->7.105: ok
: [...]
: ietf-cli-1.29p0->1.29p0: ok
: Read shared items: ok
: --- -ietf-cli-1.29p0 -------------------
: You should also run rm -rf /var/db/ietf-mirrors/*
:
:So `pkg_delete ietf-cli' will still print it.
:
:There are various forms of "You should also ..." messages, I only changed
:those inside delete() functions, but perhaps there's more.
:
:Feedback? OK?
:
:Index: /s/usr.sbin/pkg_add/OpenBSD/Delete.pm
:===================================================================
:RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/pkg_add/OpenBSD/Delete.pm,v
:diff -u -p -r1.169 Delete.pm
:--- /s/usr.sbin/pkg_add/OpenBSD/Delete.pm 11 Oct 2023 13:54:43 -0000 1.169
:+++ /s/usr.sbin/pkg_add/OpenBSD/Delete.pm 27 Apr 2025 11:19:09 -0000
:@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ sub delete($self, $state)
: if ($state->{extra}) {
: unlink($realname) or
: $state->say("problem deleting extra file #1: #2", $realname, $!);
:- } else {
:+ } elsif (!$state->{update}) {
: $state->log("You should also remove #1", $realname);
: $self->mark_dir($state);
: }
:@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ sub delete($self, $state)
: my $realname = $self->realname($state);
: if ($state->{extra}) {
: $self->SUPER::delete($state);
:- } else {
:+ } elsif (!$state->{update}) {
: $state->log("You should also remove the directory #1", $realname);
: $self->mark_dir($state);
: }
:@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ sub delete($self, $state)
: {
: if ($state->{extra}) {
: $self->run($state);
:- } else {
:+ } elsif (!$state->{update}) {
: $state->log("You should also run #1", $self->{expanded});
: }
: }
:
pkg_add: stop advising to remove files on update