> On Nov 24, 2015, at 12:31 AM, Mateusz Viste <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 23/11/2015 20:53, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote:
>>> FDNPKG v0.99.3 fixes this issue.
>> 
>> So, is it going to be fixed in FDINST?
> 
> It is fixed, FDINST uses FDNPKG. Any fix inside FDNPKG's core applies 
> also to FDINST, too. Sorry if that was unclear.

That fixed the problem with the attrib package. 

But, now there is a new problem. :(

FDINST locks-up while extracting the help package.

> 
>> End result, any attempt to use attrib will cause system lockup/crash. 
>> Because,
>> only the first 180 bytes of the 5k binary are present on the drive.
> 
> The exit code to use for each situation is a discutable matter. The fact 
> that FDNPKG/FDINST can potentially leave corrupted files if something 
> goes south is not - I totally agree this shouldn't happen. If a file 
> fails to be extracted, FDNPKG should try to remove it (of course if this 
> fails too, then there's not much else to do).
> 
> My point is only that there is no tangible advantage to consider a 
> package installation to be atomic - ie. "if one file fails, then 
> rollback the installation of the entire package". A special-case exit 
> code for this specific situation might be nice though, for indicating to 
> automated scripts that "it worked, kind of, but with warnings".
> 
> Mateusz
> 
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