Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:35:53 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> To: pav@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: purely package-based/oriented solution Message-ID: <480F3B39.3090702@icyb.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <1208903822.1548.62.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> References: <480E3F5E.3060501@icyb.net.ua> <1208903822.1548.62.camel@ikaros.oook.cz>
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on 23/04/2008 01:37 Pav Lucistnik said the following:
> Andriy Gapon píše v út 22. 04. 2008 v 22:41 +0300:
>> Sorry if this is something obvious or a FAQ.
>>
>> Is there a tool for purely package-based management of third-party software?
>> That is, something that meets the following criteria:
>> 1. doesn't require ports tree
>> 2. works similarly to package installation in FreeBSD installer
>> 3. can properly handle upgrading packages (including dependencies)
>> 4. can check remote package repositories and, based on timestamp or
>> INDEX, can find new versions for installed packages
>> 5. can verify that all dependencies would be met before downloading all
>> packages in full (e.g. based on INDEX data or can download initial
>> blocks of packages, so that package metadata could be extracted and
>> examined).
>
> portupgrade should be able to do 1-4, I don't know if 5 too.
>
BTW, strange thing:
$ portupgrade -a -PP
...
** Port marked as IGNORE: devel/linux_kdump:
does not build with the default linux base, use the package instead
What's this about? :-) I do say to use packages only.
--
Andriy Gapon
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