[bug-notifications] [pkgutil 0004317]: Behavior with noncsw=true packages on local mirror inconsistent with regular behavior

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The following issue has been CLOSED 
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http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4317 
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Reported By:                skayser
Assigned To:                bonivart
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Project:                    pkgutil
Issue ID:                   4317
Category:                   regular use
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Resolution:                 open
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             2010-03-02 15:02 CET
Last Modified:              2010-03-03 11:14 CET
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Summary:                    Behavior with noncsw=true packages on local mirror
inconsistent with regular behavior
Description: 
Within our company we are using pkgutil configured against the current/ CSW
branch as well as an in-house package repository. Just tried to upgrade a
package from the in-house repo, but pkgutil didn't consider it as an update
candidate although there is an updated package available (different
version, same REV).

root @ ray42 ~# pkgutil -c --single fvwm_dtlogin
CONfvwmdtlogin            0.03,REV=2010.03.02       0.04,REV=2010.03.02   
  
root @ ray42 ~# pkgutil -Ni fvwm_dtlogin
Parsing catalog, may take a while...
CURRENT packages: CONfvwmdtlogin-0.03,REV=2010.03.02

Nothing to do.


According to what you said, noncsw seems to be a patched in feature that's
not properly integrated in the overall pkgutil architecture. Would be very
helpful if it was :) Here is the excerpt from our IRC conversation WRT to
that issue

14:35 <@skayser> bonivart: ping. got a funny pkgutil behavior :)
14:35 < bonivart> skayser, shoot
14:37 <@skayser> here goes: http://pastebin.com/kXH0VY8u
14:37 <@skayser> doesn't upgrade a package from 0.03 to 0.04
14:37 <@skayser> bonivart: that's with noncsw=true packages
14:37 <@skayser> in case it matters
14:38 <@skayser> let me know if you need pkgutil -D output
14:39 < bonivart> do you have current plus your own mirror?
14:39 <@skayser> indeed i do
14:40 < bonivart> i guess it's a bug with noncsw, i was always skeptical
of it but 
                  several people wanted it and offered patches for it but
there's 
                  no real concept of it
14:41 < bonivart> there may be situations all over where it makes a
difference :-(
14:41 < bonivart> could you file a bug please?
14:41 <@skayser> will do, thank you
14:42 < bonivart> what happens if you specify
CONfvwmdtlogin-0.04,REV=2010.03.02 as 
                  package to install? will it be ignored?
14:43  * skayser tries
14:44 <@skayser> "Nothing to do"
14:44 < bonivart> yes, but does it say that 0.03 is current or what?
14:45 <@skayser> bonivart: yes it does CURRENT packages: 
                 CONfvwmdtlogin-0.03,REV=2010.03.02

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 (0007567) bonivart (manager) - 2010-03-02 17:35
 http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4317#c7567 
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It is intended, we wanted to make the version field redundant, it makes for
free use of like 4.5p3,REV=2010.03.02 instead of the long, ugly
4.5,REV=2010.03.02_rev=p3. It's very hard to correctly parse a mixture of
digits and characters and find out which one is "greater". Is "b" just any
character or short for beta and what does that mean compared to "a" and "c"
and so on.

The documented implementation is based on a discussion between myself,
Dago and James. You know it must be good if James agreed. :-)