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authorLamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>2018-11-26 15:14:40 -0800
committerLamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>2018-11-26 15:14:40 -0800
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notes from code reviewlcg/wipe-before-install
Signed-off-by: Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>
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@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ Chef 15 release notes will be added here as development progresses.
### Chef packages now remove /opt/chef before installation
-The intent of this change is that on upgrading packages the /opt/chef directory is removed of any stray `chef_gem` installed gem versions and other
+The intent of this change is that on upgrading packages the /opt/chef directory is removed of any `chef_gem` installed gem versions and other
modifications to /opt/chef that might be preserved and cause issues on upgrades. Due to technical details with rpm script execution order
the way this was implemented was that a pre-installation script wipes /opt/chef before every install (done consistently this way on
every package manager).
-This will not affect any user who is properly managing customizations to /opt/chef via chef recipes itself since they will be installed by
+Users who are properly managing customizations to /opt/chef through Chef recipes won't be affected, because their customizations will still be installed by
the new chef-client package.
-The package installation emits a message that /opt/chef is being removed to inform the user that this action is taking place.
+You'll see a warning that the /opt/chef directory will be removed during the package installation process.
### Package provider allow_downgrade is now true by default