[Bro] Bro updates force some bro-pkg rebuilds.. sometimes.

[Mike Dopheide]

> I wonder if that's needed since bro-pkg can already see what packages
> have specified a 'build_command' ? i.e. bro-pkg can simply rebuild any
> package that has supplied a build command.  I'd think that even for
> packages which don't strictly require a rebuild, it's not harmful to
> rebuild/reinstall anyway.
>

Great point, build_command serves the same purpose.


> > 2) And a corresponding bro-pkg command:  bro-pkg rebuild [nodeps]
>
> Makes sense to me.  Unless there's further feedback from this thread,
> I'd say go ahead and create an issue on on github for adding a
> 'rebuild' command or take a crack at a PR in case I don't get to it
> immediately.
>
> Possibly a workaround to do in the meantime would be to do:
>
> $ bro-pkg bundle everything.bundle
> $ bro-pkg unbundle everything.bundle
> $ rm everything.bundle
>
> Which should result in a rebuild/reinstall of all installed packages


Good to know.  I may take a stab at a PR for 'rebuild', but I can't promise
anything soon either.  Will wait for additional community feedback.


> > Separately, but kinda related, I wouldn't mind a '--yes' flag or
> something
> > similar when packages aren't being installed interactively.
>
> The --force flag will suppress all interactive prompts.  Does that
> work like you need ?


Not sure I realized --force was an option, but that should work.

Thanks, Jon.

-Dop
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