[csw-maintainers] the future of pkg-get...

[Ben Walton]

Excerpts from Dagobert Michelsen's message of Mon Sep 05 16:14:03 -0400 2011:

Hi Dago,

> >> pkg_get_stub could provide a message of the type "2".
> > 
> > Wouldn't this be too easy to miss in the output?  Or are you
> > saying that the _stub package should deliver a single file with a
> > script capable of dumping this message in addition to pulling in
> > pkgutil?
> 
> Yes, pkg_get_stub has a file /opt/csw/bin/pkg-get which does
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> echo <<EOF
> The use of pkg-get is deprecated. Please use pkgutil(1) instead.
> EOF
> 
> exit 1

Well, this would meet my expectations for full deprecation without
leaving the user without any explanation.  It's slightly abnormal to
ship a _stub with 'real' content, but I think it only enhances the
experience in this case so I'm ok with it.

Anyone else?

Thanks
-Ben

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