Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 14:18:06 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Packaging the FreeBSD base system with pkg(8) Message-ID: <20160128131806.GB67200@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <183431.62409.bm@smtp111.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <20160127223323.GG98557@FreeBSD.org> <183431.62409.bm@smtp111.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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--61jdw2sOBCFtR2d/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:46:39PM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote: > from Glen Barber: >=20 > > As many know, work has been in progress for quite some time to provide > > the ability to package and upgrade the FreeBSD base system using pkg(8). > > The majority of the initial implementation has provided much of the core > > functionality to make this possible, however much work still needs to be > > done. >=20 > (snip) >=20 > Would the base system all be one package? multiple packages with meta packages to represent the whole base so you hav= e the best of both world :) >=20 > In Linux, everything is part of a package, even the kernel, but something= comparable to FreeBSD or NetBSD base system would have many packages. >=20 > Will it be possible to upgrade base system with portmaster or portupgrade= , and would that be better than the current procedure in UPDATING? No but one will be able to simply run pkg upgrade (and built himself the packages) >=20 > Would pkg then be able to show a package's required shared libraries incl= uding shared libraries from the base system? I was recently stung by pkg n= ot showing required shared libraries from the base system. Yes, but but real usage of it would happen in a second step because of many rought edges to be deal with. but yes the information would be available see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DBr6izhH5P1I and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dv7px6ktoDAI for a bigger view of what happened (note that some detail my have change a = bit, the overall remains the same) Best regards, Bapt >=20 > I just subscribed to freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org . >=20 > Tom >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-pkgbase > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-pkgbase-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --61jdw2sOBCFtR2d/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWqhUNAAoJEGOJi9zxtz5aMC8P/0SG5rBDifKrPfjLoZLk397e Q36vApnvh8+6VR7MaWckIUyBjFb02p8/UjvgbPxC47s+lpAtSTL51PB6BCm3ZmZA 3+vFGzJkTZtaO3r+ahAPUNFfyaMqutzoxDJzCKiMfIrI3twrhzUmFzVCEvZyz3jm 9pSaijsUeyXfouX8dv/eZPwWiVW9jElMI48DrMIDfZ3PmD5ZjlbnZSVoH5uvAUmQ nKlUzaW/MWgmykmf4gA/+1MVfGAPjzFKn6brbIi/2Cq0gbXp55uiksrmtKG1pdd8 yUiRCt4y+MrQoimjHhrjrEEWhhqosnx1j2Mtek1GyRlMLIva703er2tRmFY2vxpH HgeISezllA5SpYdZ+/vZkbTGqFmIubJDhEMXFEgRnDB5JwXEZrt7KwQdeFSv1Pkz SzuzaPkAKqqFkJ4MM4TpFLZ/ZTOgvpQ0E+hyjvx1pHRcUHGgrxDOoLuYXSZPx81F b3YkcH27mcN3PqxQ0xGlEqpLR/K9ffvHMCTQOWwW1nmYESukFrCtTm8qpgBopSms vyCzzlzcljA1p5d2MHjRdFvc/I9EqGedMWR1S7LSAQEPce34a9PeRNsxvvNJNxxT Crzdy8XsqERy5uv1XHWkTZO/k275BWodMOwMPXx2TZZtML1l04KxXfNhLo4LtxeZ 1YTT49c6+RqGxwqonT6H =ddhB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --61jdw2sOBCFtR2d/--
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