Uninstall of template rpm package can remove invalid template if it was renamed

[marmarek]

Reported by marmarek on 30 Apr 2014 23:49 UTC
Steps to reproduce:

1. Install the system
2. Rename default template (say, to fedora-20-x64-orig)
3. Restore backup, including the template (fedora-20-x64)
4. Try to remove original template package (qubes-template-fedora-20-x64)

It will try to remove just restored template, not the renamed original one.

Migrated-From: https://wiki.qubes-os.org/ticket/839

[marmarek]

Comment by marmarek on 30 Apr 2014 23:54 UTC
One could say that you can remove original template package before restoring the backup (this is what you finally want by restoring default template from the backup), but it isn't so simple - you need some VM to restore the backup (backupvm or so). The alternative is connecting backup device directly to dom0, which we are trying to forbid at all. If the backup is stored on some NAS, it is not possible at all to restore the backup without the BackupVM (or at least NetVM).

I'm not sure if we even want to fix this. But some workaround would be helpful.

[marmarek]

Comment by marmarek on 30 Apr 2014 23:54 UTC
One could say that you can remove original template package before restoring the backup (this is what you finally want by restoring default template from the backup), but it isn't so simple - you need some VM to restore the backup (backupvm or so). The alternative is connecting backup device directly to dom0, which we are trying to forbid at all. If the backup is stored on some NAS, it is not possible at all to restore the backup without the BackupVM (or at least NetVM).

I'm not sure if we even want to fix this. But some workaround would be helpful.

[marmarek]

Comment by woju on 26 Jun 2014 12:06 UTC
http://git.woju.eu/qubes/core-admin.git/commit/b2162b1af9f23c70a9d553df86db595caf0713a5

[marmarek]

Comment by woju on 26 Jun 2014 12:06 UTC
http://git.woju.eu/qubes/core-admin.git/commit/b2162b1af9f23c70a9d553df86db595caf0713a5