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author | Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org> | 2018-11-26 15:14:40 -0800 |
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committer | Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org> | 2018-11-26 15:14:40 -0800 |
commit | 348e82d93ddf0abb401ae748a5c8d6be41862189 (patch) | |
tree | 367dae9634a4680ec86bc6d7c4a6bc67b206cfa1 | |
parent | b398079d6e8e1061521fdd5d5b27c58bcac93fc9 (diff) | |
download | chef-lcg/wipe-before-install.tar.gz |
notes from code reviewlcg/wipe-before-install
Signed-off-by: Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>
-rw-r--r-- | RELEASE_NOTES.md | 6 |
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diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md index ba555f90d1..797154c732 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md @@ -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 |