From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 22 5:30: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92F3937B423; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 05:30:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id FAA89008; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 05:30:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 05:30:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: Christian Kuhtz Cc: "Koster, K.J." , "'FreeBSD Hackers mailing list'" Subject: Re: Executable packages (long, sorry) In-Reply-To: <20000921102204.D6714@ns1.arch.bellsouth.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Christian Kuhtz wrote: > Seems one might just as well investigate the SUN pkgadd format and see whether > such mechanism fits the bill... > > Ideally, the pkg also kows how to back itself out if it can't successfully > install. (although doing so should be an option, not the default). Guys, random chatter about what features it would be nice to have in a packaging format doesnt really lead anywhere. If you're going to commit to actually working on the next-generation package system then there are resources you should work with, otherwise it's just wasting bits. Kris -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message