Description Henrik Lindberg 2009-01-25 22:34:59 EST

Mkdir:
- Mkdir tries to create a directory with the supplied path, and always returns ok. There is no check if the file already exists (and is not a directory). Is this intentional?
- If an undo is performed - the code simply removes the path.
- This leads to that a mistake in the mkdir instruction can cause delete of a file if the provisioning action rolls back.

Rmdir:
- Rmdir simply removes the path it is given - irrespective of if it is a file or a directory.
- On undo, it creates a directory
- A mistake in the install instruction can thus lead to the replacement of a file with content with an empty directory

A backup mechanism as suggested in bug 262333 is needed to enable these actions to move things out of harms way until provisioning is committed.