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[Sergio Schvezov <sergio.schvezov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 02:59:42PM +0200, Niklas Wenzel wrote:
> Thank you for the detailed explanation!
> 
> So that means that if I manually install a package, it gets reverted
> to the one included in the system image when updating, before
> applying the diff and no matter if I switched back to read-only mode
> before or not, right?

Only if the diff contains something from the package you modified. The
full package wouldn't get reverted, you'd have inconsistency in the
files that belong to the package that were changed.

> If I understand it correctly, I always have to reinstall the package
> but I do not have to do any cleanup work like reverting to read-only
> mode. Please correct me if I'm wrong. ;)

It's the other way around, if you install a package manually you have to
cleanup before updating or fall into a potentially broken system (if you
know what you are modifying the risk is a lot lower)