FS#39842 - [pacman] NoExtract= does not prevent a file from being removed on package upgrade

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Ivan Shapovalov (intelfx) - Monday, 14 April 2014, 05:51 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Monday, 14 April 2014, 06:57 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Arch Projects
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

Specifying a file as NoExtract= in pacman.conf does not prevent that file from being removed on relevant package upgrade. This behavior (making a file immutable) is not documented in pacman.conf(5), but can be generally expected.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
- pacman 4.1.2-5

Steps to reproduce:

* add "NoExtract = usr/bin/ld" to /etc/pacman.conf
* issue "sudo pacman -S binutils"
* issue "ld"
* command interpreter answers "bash: ld: command not found"
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Monday, 14 April 2014, 06:57 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  NoUpgrade

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