Repeatedly adding a package causes activation/deactivation

[luroh]

hrev47327, gcc2.

1. Run the 'install-wifi-firmwares' script, it will put a wifi_firmwares-1-any.hpkg into system/packages/
2. Open a Tracker window to monitor the contents of the system/data/firmware folder
3. Repeatedly create and move a copy of wifi_firmwares-1-any.hpkg into system/packages/
4. Observe in the Tracker window how the package gets mounted and unmounted every other time the package is added

Running the 'install-wifi-firmwares' script several times will display the same symptom, of course. Also, my test case in #7000 might possibly be related.

[diver]

Ah, yes, this one is very annoying. Have to copy/symlink files twice, see description in #10872.

[bonefish]

I don't understand the problem. You replace a package file in system/packages with a new file. I would expect that the old package gets deactivated and the new one activated. The description reads like that is exactly what happens.

[luroh]

Replying to bonefish:

I would expect that the old package gets deactivated and the new one activated.

Exactly, but this doesn't happen. Only every other package you replace causes activation or deactivation of the package in question. Item 4. in the description amended.