[indiana-discuss] pkg image-update: where are the details?

[Tom Georgoulias]

Shawn Walker wrote:
> Tom Georgoulias wrote:
>> solarg wrote:
>>
>>> This morning, i did an image-update, and it does something
>>
>>> How can i see what it did exactly? what files/packages were replaced?
>>> pkg history -l doesn't show anything!?
>>
>> I think this is an excellent question.  The lack of knowledge about 
>> what is happening during an update is a major flaw in the new system.  
>> I'd much prefer output like that of yum, where I can see what packages 
>> are being installed and a real time view of what is happening during 
>> the update.
> 
> The design of pkg(5) is very different from yum.  At the point of 
> installation, it doesn't install individual packages; it performs the 
> collective set of actions calculated during plan creation.

> There is an open RFE to improve the verbosity --verbose so that more 
> details are exposed, but just remember that information is going to be 
> exposed differently than other systems because a different approach was 
> taken here.

OK, understood.  I'm not that familiar with the design of pkg but I 
don't care about the underlying details as much as I care about having a 
way to see what was changed when I do a package or image update.  The 
RFE for having more verbosity sounds like a good step forward (although 
I admit I don't know the details of it).  Reverting back to a previous 
boot environment isn't always a timely fix in my situation, especially 
when most stuff in the new BE works and I want to continue using the new 
BE and simply fix the pieces in the new BE that are broken.

Tom