Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 21:51:56 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> Subject: Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps)) Message-ID: <20070511015156.GA77895@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <17987.52037.112351.872442@bhuda.mired.org> References: <200705102105.27271.blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> <f20c8u$htp$1@sea.gmane.org> <17987.52037.112351.872442@bhuda.mired.org>
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On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:47:49PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <f20c8u$htp$1@sea.gmane.org>, Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> typed: > > I cannot currently actively participate in implementing proposed things, > > but I can give advice on sqlite, database and xml schemas if anyone > > wants to... > > One of the things that would be nice for a replacement to do would be > to correctly install i386 packages on amd64 platforms (and similar > things). This has nothing to do with a new packaging system and can be done today if someone cares enough to work on it. > The binaries will run if we have all the libraries installed, > but getting them installed is painful. At the very least, an installed > package needs to know what platform it was built for, so that packages > being installed cross-platform have a chance of figuring out whether > or not the installed version of FOO will work for them, or they need > to get a version for their specific platform. If the new version can't > make cross-platform installs work, hopefully that goal can be kept in > mind while the work is beign done. > > Personally, I'd still like LOCALBASE to move out of /usr/local. Maybe > it's time to reconsider that. Not gonna happen as a default, but you can change it on your systems if you like. Kris
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