Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 08:28:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] packaging the base system with pkg(8)
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Julian Elischer wrote: > I mentioned this before but I think hte answer is to make a change on > the way that "meta packages" are displayed by default in pkg. I like this suggestion both as it applies to base and third party packages and agree that the 'leaf' keyword, once documented, will address the use case fairly well. > If I install the meta package, I really don't want to see all the sub > packages tat are unchanged unless I add '-v'. On the other hand if I > upgrade a sub package I want to see that in the context of the > metapackage. Similarly if I uninstall of the subpackages. Personally I think the behavior of pkg should remain as it now to avoid breaking existing scripts and aliases i.e., base packages would not be shown without specifying a new flag, say '-b'. This base flag could similarly display only base packages and also recognize the leaf concept. Presumably there should also be a flag to display both third party and base packages, especially with the audit flag, but that could be implemented at a future date without significantly reducing the utility of base packages in 11-RELEASE. Roger
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