[csw-users] bug in pkg-get

[Matthew Hannigan]

Hi Dago,
No I haven't but I will.

I haven't found csw/blastwave particularly welcoming
in the past.  But I've signed up on Mantis just now
and I'll submit a bug report.

Regards,

Matt

On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 08:27:18PM +0200, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
> Hi Matt,
> 
> Am 05.09.2008 um 03:11 schrieb Matthew Hannigan:
> > On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 02:21:48AM +0200, Peter Bonivart wrote:
> >> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Klaus Heinz  
> >> <khfp.blastwave0704 at gmx.de> wrote:
> >>> pkg-get destroys existing files "catalog" and "descriptions" in the
> >>> current directory when performing implicit updates of the catalog.
> >>
> >> I've also noted that it leaves catalog files all over the place. Even
> >> worse if one had files named catalog and descriptions in the current
> >> directory of course.
> >
> > Similarly, if you have a directory named after the package in your  
> > current
> > directory it silently uses that instead of the repo, leading to  
> > strange
> > error messages.
> >
> > This has bitten me twice.
> >
> > In general it's bad form to rely on or use anything in the current  
> > directory
> > by default; the tool can change behavior depending on $pwd.
> 
> Have you files a bug report in mantis?
>    <http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/my_view_page.php>
> If not, please do so.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>    -- Dago
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