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Date:      Tue, 04 May 2010 11:40:54 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Reinhard Haller <reinhard.haller@interactive-net.de>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports and PBIs
Message-ID:  <4BE06A36.9080208@elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <4BDFDA35.9010608@interactive-net.de>
References:  <4BBFD502.1010507@elischer.org> <4BDFDA35.9010608@interactive-net.de>

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On 5/4/10 1:26 AM, Reinhard Haller wrote:

> The goal of PBIs as Julian proposed is to simplify the automatic
> generation of simple apps.

well, it's to make some working apps available, that don't interfere
with other working apps.

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> To achieve this goal we get another ports management application and
> hope it handles also the non trivial tasks of the non simple apps.

there is a PBI helper app. but PBIs are actually executables with the
installation app built in.

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> If the PBIs come with all libraries and resources we get even more
> problems with multiple db installations not less.

not that's the whole point.  The app has it's own linraries HIDDEN 
within itself.
it can not interfere with other apps.
(except in a port-number manner) but generally
apps for which PBIs are good do not do that sort of thing.
I would imagine a base system with useful utilities installed by PBI,
(so the keep working) and all the development apps and libraries
installed by ports/packages.  that way your system keeps working, no 
matter how you screw up your fancy development setup.

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> Are configuration dependencies (exim with or without ldap) addressed
> with the PBI format?

not usually but if you can make your own...
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> I believe we need a more precise way to express the dependencies between
> the ports.

well there is  a GSOC project that hopes to do that.

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> Reinhard
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