Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:49:27 +0200 (MET DST) From: erb@inss1.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de (Olaf Erb) To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD pkg system vs Debian dpkg Message-ID: <199610240849.KAA26783@insl2.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de> In-Reply-To: <11834.846130567@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Oct 23, 96 09:16:07 pm"
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Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > > - ports dependencies are a little simple- there's a check if needed libs > > (e.g. tcl/tk/perl etc.) are installed, if not, they're installed, too. > > But pkg_add isn't checking if an older version of the to-be-installed > > package exists. You're ending up with many different pkg entries if you > > don't take care about this. > > You should get back to the poster and suggest that he update his package > sets and tools - this was fixed with an MD5 checksum method about a > month ago. Ahh. ;-) OK, I'll take a look. > We have a pretty good design put together for a ports/packages combo > which addresses *all* of these problems, it's just finding the time to > write it. ;-) I've pledged to release "package install MkII" sometime > before spring of '97 is over, and maybe I'll even make the deadline > for once. I'm actually putting myself into an area of the country so > rural that programmers either code or go mad. ;-) > > I, of course, plan to do both. ;-)) Hm, what about the point with mixing non-ports stuff and ports under /usr/local? Does the design address it? I didn't know that plans to improve the system already exist, I think we're all looking forward to the results. Olaf -- There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts. -- Richard Bach, Illusions
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