Re: "pkg uninstall <name>" clears package list if <name> is not installed

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 12, 2012, at 9:03 AM, Mike Miller wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> On Jun 12, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Michael Goffioul wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I found an issue on my compiled 3.6.2: if you "pkg uninstall <name>" for a 
>>> package that is not currently installed, the stored package list is then 
>>> cleared (fortunately it can be rebuilt with "pkg rebuild"). I can't check 
>>> at the moment, but is this still occurring in default branch?
>>> 
>>> Michael.
>>> 
>> 
>> Using both the stable and default branches, I tried ...
>> 
>>        pkg list
>>        pkg uninstall foobar
>>        pkg list
>> 
>> I get the same list of packages each time.
> 
> See https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?36453
> 
> IIRC I think it depends on whether you have global packages, local
> packages, or a combination of both.
> 
> -- 
> mike

Mine are all local.

Ben