Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:39:38 -0400 From: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@p6m7g8.com> To: pav@freebsd.org Cc: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: purely package-based/oriented solution Message-ID: <4812175A.1000508@p6m7g8.com> In-Reply-To: <1208903822.1548.62.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> References: <480E3F5E.3060501@icyb.net.ua> <1208903822.1548.62.camel@ikaros.oook.cz>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pav Lucistnik wrote: | Andriy Gapon píše v út 22. 04. 2008 v 22:41 +0300: |> Sorry if this is something obvious or a FAQ. |> |> Is there a tool for purely package-based management of third-party software? |> That is, something that meets the following criteria: |> 1. doesn't require ports tree |> 2. works similarly to package installation in FreeBSD installer |> 3. can properly handle upgrading packages (including dependencies) |> 4. can check remote package repositories and, based on timestamp or |> INDEX, can find new versions for installed packages |> 5. can verify that all dependencies would be met before downloading all |> packages in full (e.g. based on INDEX data or can download initial |> blocks of packages, so that package metadata could be extracted and |> examined). | | portupgrade should be able to do 1-4, I don't know if 5 too. | Have you ever even run portupgrade without /usr/ports ? $ sudo umount /usr/ports $ sudo PACKAGESITE=ftp://ftp.p6m7g8.net/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-current/Latest/ PACKAGES=/tmp portupgrade -abPPr cd: can't cd to /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade ** Port directory not found: www/apache22 ** Port directory not found: devel/apr ** Port directory not found: shells/bash ** Port directory not found: ftp/curl ** Port directory not found: databases/db41 ** Port directory not found: textproc/expat2 ** Port directory not found: net/isc-dhcp3-server ** Port directory not found: converters/libiconv ** Port directory not found: databases/mysql51-client ** Port directory not found: www/neon ** Port directory not found: security/p5-Digest-HMAC ** Port directory not found: security/p5-Digest-SHA1 ** Port directory not found: math/p5-Math-BigInt ** Port directory not found: dns/p5-Net-DNS ** Port directory not found: net-mgmt/p5-Net-IP ** Port directory not found: devel/pcre ** Port directory not found: lang/perl5.8 ..... Errors a plenty. - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip M. Gollucci (philip@ridecharge.com) o:703.549.2050x206 Senior System Admin - Riderway, Inc. http://riderway.com / http://ridecharge.com 1024D/DB9B8C1C B90B FBC3 A3A1 C71A 8E70 3F8C 75B8 8FFB DB9B 8C1C Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIEhdadbiP+9ubjBwRAnrtAJ4l+OPCybkrinh42BP4ZFDgHrZDFgCeJ+Oc pihMVkEq9KxPMnXoEtrsIxo= =c/Ix -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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