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| author | Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org> | 2018-11-20 15:30:09 -0800 |
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| committer | Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org> | 2018-11-20 15:30:09 -0800 |
| commit | 791d6db3cefa860bafef06c62dd74d6bae2aaaaa (patch) | |
| tree | 425a3ce060b603c180320aa71434ce191c56b629 /RELEASE_NOTES.md | |
| parent | 67f7a4b0b94ea25f9508707a31879aeb03d81dc9 (diff) | |
| download | chef-791d6db3cefa860bafef06c62dd74d6bae2aaaaa.tar.gz | |
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Signed-off-by: Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>
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diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md index 07b98e247f..ec568fc199 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md @@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ Chef 15 release notes will be added here as development progresses. ## Breaking Changes -### Omnibus chef packages now wipe /opt/chef before installation +### Omnibus chef packages now removes /opt/chef before installation -The intent of this is that on upgrading packages the /opt/chef directory is wiped of any stray `chef_gem` installed gem versions and other +The intent of this is that on upgrading packages the /opt/chef directory is removed of any stray `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 anyone who is properly managing customizations to /opt/chef via chef recipes itself since they will be installed by +This will not affect any user who is properly managing customizations to /opt/chef via chef recipes itself since they will 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. |