[wpkg-users] unexpected installation of already installed package

[Mark Nienberg]

Rainer Meier wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Mark Nienberg wrote:
>> I was beginning to edit a package definition in "packages.xml" with the intention of 
>> gradually fixing and testing it.  The package was already installed on a number of 
>> workstations, but I did not change the revision number, which was zero.  I revised 
>> some of the install and upgrade commands and I changed the check condition.
>>
>> I was surprised to find that workstations were trying to install the package when 
>> they booted.  As I said, the package was already installed on the workstations and 
>> there was no change in the revisions number.  I'm guessing the workstations noticed 
>> the change in the check condition (which they did not meet) and decided an 
>> installation (not an upgrade) was needed.
>>
>> Expected behavior or a little bug?
> 
> You could be right. The install function took the server side definition 
> to check if a package is installed. In your case you probably got a log 
> entry like
> "Installed but checks failed. Re-Installing."

There was never a log entry for whether the package was installed or not.  The first 
mention of the package is "Installing dependencies for...", following by 
"Installing", etc.

Mark