Duncan Overbruck

Wouldn't xbps-repodb make this obsolete?

Not sure if the extra work is worth it, we could just ignore ENOENT for removing files anyways.

I'm not sure if we should document this or fix the script instead, `TIMEZONE` in `/etc/rc.conf` will link `/etc/localtime` on each boot, changing the timezone will require updating both if...

upstream uboot supporting the device does not allow to build a "generic" uboot.

I think this check should go into `setup_pkg` in `common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh`, this is where we do basic validation on input variables. I would also use pattern matching, either case statement or...

The extra complexity isn't that big, I expect this change to reduce the number of lines, at the moment its like +11 lines. Its basically just creating a per distfile...

This seems to fix the broken test cases, but with comments like "Leave removing alternative to dedicated phase." I think the test cases are not really correct, i.e. still depend...

``` [*] Unpacking packages gcc-1.1_1: updating to 1.1_2 ... gcc-1.1_2: unpacking ... gcc-1.1_2: removed obsolete entry: ./usr/bin/cc gcc-1.1_2: unpacked file `./usr/bin/cc' (0 bytes) gcc-1.1_2: unregistered 'cc' alternatives group clang-1.1_1: updating...

> I believe this is as reliable as checking of current clobber, like file-directory, with order awareness. This is the main problem, file conflicts are completely independent of order and...

I was also thinking about simplifying this, but things like hooks that potentially use alternatives like awk and the old cc alternative make this complicated. I think the only complete...