/etc/rc.d/zfs and /etc/rc.d/zvol no longer in FreeBSD-runtime package?

[Glen Barber]

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 12:13:58AM +0200, Ben Woods wrote:
> Actually, this was a different issue, but I have worked out the problem. It
> relates to r299840.
> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=299840
> 

I didn't notice this change, thank you for tracking it down.

> Basically, r299840 introduced a new FreeBSD-zfs package, which I did not
> have installed. So when I did a pkg upgrade, it upgraded FreeBSD-runtime
> and removed this files which were now split off into the new FreeBSD-zfs
> package. Obviously, since I did not have the new FreeBSD-zfs package
> previously installed, the files were not installed under this new package.
> 
> The fix is simple: pkg install FreeBSD-zfs
> 

Yeah, but until you realize what new package is needed, it is a bit
non-intuitive.  (This is one of the main reasons we're considering
packaged base "beta" for 11.0-RELEASE.)

> However, it does raise the point that whenever a new base pkg is created,
> how should users be informed? Should pkg provide a warning that some files
> have been moved to a newer package that isnt being installed, or should it
> be a note in UPDATING?
> 

This is a good question.

I'm not sure what the answer here is, to be honest.  But you raise
a very good, and very serious concern.

What I think we should do is something along the lines of the MOVED file
in the ports tree.  But doing this on a per-file level does not quite
scale very well.  My fear here is ending up with something that
resembles OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc.

In the meantime, would you mind adding this particular issue (not the
FreeBSD-zfs package, but the underlying problem) to the PkgBase wiki
page?

Glen

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