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Re: Patch to add install action to packages:
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Phil D'Amore |
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Re: Patch to add install action to packages: |
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Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:00:44 -0500 |
Out of curiosity, can you post an example? I've never seen their naming
convention.
On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 17:16, Mark Burgess wrote:
> I was trying to use this on SuSE recently, whihc also uses RPM but it does not
> work because the package naming convention is different, There is clearly
> a lot to be done on the matter of package management,
>
> M
>
> > Phil D'Amore wrote:
> > > I used RPM as an example here, but all three supported package managers
> > > *should* work. You can actually use more than one package manager at
> > > once, since each keeps its own to-be-installed list. If folks could
> > > test the Debian and Sun parts of this, it'd be greatly appreciated, as I
> > > don't really have the facilities to do so ;). Most of the code for this
> > > is package manager agnostic, except for the part that decides which
> > > variable to read for the install command (RPMInstallCommand,
> > > DPKGInstallCommand, SUNInstallCommand), so I'm expecting it will Just
> > > Work (tm).
> >
> > I realize that I'm not up to speed on the packages section and its
> > support - but there are more than three package formats.
> >
> > Beyond the three listed above, I can think of several:
> >
> > * HP-UX software depots
> > * FreeBSD packages
> > * Slackware packages
> >
> > And this doesn't account for alternative installation programs, although
> > that may not be relevant - RPMInstall command could be set to "apt-get
> > install" for instance.
> >
> > However, I find the names "RPMInstallCommand" et al to be just ghastly.
> > What if RPM is phased out and replaced with the new name
> > FooBarPackageMgr? What if someone installs RPM on a SUN machine? What
> > if someone installs RPM onto Debian and uses it? More importantly, how
> > are you EVER going to be able to get ALL package managers represented?
> >
> > The commands ought to be package manager neutral, should they not?
> >
> > --
> > David Douthitt
> > UNIX System Administrator
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> >
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- Re: Patch to add install action to packages:, (continued)
Re: Patch to add install action to packages:, Mark Burgess, 2005/02/25