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Title: packaging: add tests for old versions cleanup on update
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Distutils2 Versions: Python 3.3, 3rd party
process
Status: closed Resolution: out of date
Dependencies: 14270 Superseder:
Assigned To: eric.araujo Nosy List: Alan.Cristhian, Sergio.Callegari, alexis, eric.araujo, illume, tarek, thomas.holmes
Priority: normal Keywords: easy

Created on 2009年02月21日 22:43 by illume, last changed 2022年04月11日 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (6)
msg82586 - (view) Author: Rene Dudfield (illume) Date: 2009年02月21日 22:43
A common problem is removing old files from the installed location.
eg.
version 1 installs.
site-packages/packagename/bla.so
version 2 installs.
site-packages/packagename/_bla.so
site-packages/packagename/bla.py
However, in version 2 if we install over the top of version 1, distutils
does not remove bla.so. Which causes the package to break because
bla.so will be used instead of bla.py
 
distutils should be able to be given a list of old files to make sure
are removed from the package.
It should work with the various installers... msi, dmg etc, as well as
when using setup.py install.
I've seen this cause breakage with numerous packages. The solution is
to hack some old file detection into each package, or tell users 'delete
the old install first'. Neither of which is really nice.
Specifying an old_files meta data should be able to help.
msg82588 - (view) Author: Tarek Ziadé (tarek) * (Python committer) Date: 2009年02月21日 22:52
A uninstall command, based on the record of installed files, will be
proposed for #4673.
It should adress your problem, since we will be able to add a new option
in the install command.
I am leaving this issue open so we can keep track of this need.
msg139774 - (view) Author: Éric Araujo (eric.araujo) * (Python committer) Date: 2011年07月04日 14:36
I’m renaming this to make the status clearer: it’s about adding tests.
msg160903 - (view) Author: Éric Araujo (eric.araujo) * (Python committer) Date: 2012年05月16日 18:04
Jonathan Fernandes started to work on this at the last Montreal sprint. The tests would use install_local_project, which is missing a parameter to control the destination directory (see #14270).
msg200057 - (view) Author: Sergio Callegari (Sergio.Callegari) Date: 2013年10月16日 12:30
Getting bitten by this with numpy/scipy installations
Having previous scipy installed,
 pip install -I scipy
creates a broken scipy installation, because the previous one is not removed and gets overwritten. For instance, an old spectral.so file leftover hides the spectral.py file from the new installation causing broken behavior.
Similarly trying
 pip uninstall scipy
 pip install scipy
does the same, because the distutils uninstall does not uninistall anything, leaves the scipy directory there and all cheerful ends with a 'Successfully uninstalled scipy'.
This is *dangerous*. Mixing old and new code could lead to the weirdest behavior. In principle, one could even use this property to craft packages such that when two subsequent versions are installed one on top of the other malicious things happen even if individually each version is innoquous.
msg213220 - (view) Author: Éric Araujo (eric.araujo) * (Python committer) Date: 2014年03月12日 08:28
packaging is not developped anymore. The issue described here may be relevant for projects like wheel, distlib or pip.
History
Date User Action Args
2022年04月11日 14:56:46adminsetgithub: 49592
2014年03月12日 08:28:15eric.araujosetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: out of date
messages: + msg213220

stage: test needed -> resolved
2013年10月16日 16:48:05Alan.Cristhiansetnosy: + Alan.Cristhian
2013年10月16日 12:30:21Sergio.Callegarisetnosy: + Sergio.Callegari
messages: + msg200057
2012年05月16日 18:04:51eric.araujosetassignee: tarek -> eric.araujo
dependencies: + Can't install a project in a specific directory
messages: + msg160903
versions: + 3rd party
2011年07月06日 00:04:19thomas.holmessetnosy: + thomas.holmes
2011年07月04日 14:36:47eric.araujosettype: enhancement -> behavior
title: distutils removing old files, deleting unneeded old files from installed location. -> packaging: add tests for old versions cleanup on update

keywords: + easy
nosy: + alexis
versions: + Python 3.3, - 3rd party
messages: + msg139774
stage: test needed
2011年07月04日 14:35:14eric.araujounlinkissue4673 dependencies
2010年10月22日 14:55:51eric.araujolinkissue4673 dependencies
2010年10月22日 14:55:38eric.araujosetnosy: + eric.araujo

components: + Distutils2, - Distutils
versions: + 3rd party, - Python 3.2
2010年08月09日 03:22:41terry.reedysetversions: + Python 3.2, - Python 3.1, Python 2.7
2009年02月21日 22:52:18tareksetmessages: + msg82588
versions: + Python 3.1, Python 2.7
2009年02月21日 22:43:49illumecreate

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