[wpkg-users] Empty remove command

[Stefan Pendl]

Am 21.11.2011 20:19, schrieb Rainer Meier:
>
> Just a side note... If you decide at any point in the future that you
> would like to remove the "App-Updates" package from all your nodes
> without actually performing any change on the nodes, then just update
> your package definition and remove the package from the profile:
>
> <package id='App-Updates' name='Application Updates' revision='7'>
> </package>
>
> I did not test this yet since I don't have my test environment right at
> my fingertips now. But The upgraded revision shall make it upgrade. As
> there is no command specified the upgrade won't perform any change on
> the system. Then WPKG will remove the package (as you remove it from the
> profile). The remove will succeed (no commands, no checks) and WPKG
> shall remove the package from wpkg.xml.
>

Rainer,

The above package is working as you describe, I always remove any 
commands and checks and increase the revision of a package, if I like to 
keep the program installed, but not under the control of WPKG.

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Stefan