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Re: Software Package Management


From: Sabrina Lautier
Subject: Re: Software Package Management
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 11:46:36 +0200

> > Is there a mechanism for verifying package installation on a
> host and
> > then upgrading, removing or installing a new package?
> (Specifically
> > FreeBSD and Solaris packages).
>
> Over here we were working on doing just that as part of our
> master
> plan, although we were using debian packages across multiple
> architectures. (Redhat, Solaris, and HP-UX)
>
> The basic idea is you want to write a module that queries your
> package
> management tool (in our case, dpkg) and then adds classes for
> each
> package installed. Then you can perform copy, editfiles,
> shellcommands, etc. based on whether a host has a package or
> not.
That's nearly what we did too.

Sabrina

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