Re: [Gnewsense-dev] gNewSense update: app-install-data-commercial

[Sam Geeraerts]

Karl Goetz schreef:
> > So far app-install-data-commercial hasn't been automatically removed 
> > from the systems that have it because it's still listed in the
> > package index (although the package files themselves have been
> > removed). So a way to solve this bug would be to add the package to
> > the repo again, along with a fixed version (one that does the same in
> > post-removal as in post-install). Then after a while, when we can
> > assume that everyone got the update, the package can be removed
> > properly from the repo, so that it gets removed cleanly from the
> > affected computers.
>
> Re-introducing the package so it only performs the list removals could
> be a workable option.

You mean removing the current packages and adding our own package with 
the same name and a bumped version but without payload, that only serves 
to counteract the effects of the original package? Very interesting 
idea. I bet it's not even as hard as it sounds to fit it into Builder. 
But I could be wrong.  :)