Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 08:16:51 -0400 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1020057457.34fd37@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [resend] packaging base (was: /etc/defaults/rc.conf theory) Message-ID: <20020424121651.GA317@lenny.anarcat.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <15558.16369.602750.415167@guru.mired.org> References: <20020424030937.GC323@lenny.anarcat.dyndns.org> <15558.12150.814150.317904@guru.mired.org> <20020424050711.GC973@lenny.anarcat.dyndns.org> <15558.16369.602750.415167@guru.mired.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed Apr 24, 2002 at 12:17:37AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <20020424050711.GC973@lenny.anarcat.dyndns.org>, The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> typed: > > On Tue Apr 23, 2002 at 11:07:18PM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > In <20020424030937.GC323@lenny.anarcat.dyndns.org>, The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> typed: > > > > The main issues I see about packaging the base system is [1] how plists > > > > are to be handled and [2] how configurations files are to be handled. > > > You missed the biggie: [3] how the base system install is handled. > > The same way the rest of the system is. [3] = [1] + [2] > > No, it isn't. Ports don't have the requirement to fit on a single > floppy. The more we move towards packaging the whole system, the more this distinction will be blurred, hence [3] = [1] + [2]. > > Also, I don't think it would be very complex to cat many files into a > > single one on the filesystem prior to installing a package. Very > > simple, I think. > > That one's not the problem. The problem is catting together many > *floppies* to get a package prior to actually installing it. That's > not quite so simple. I could see a simple shell script deal with that. I think it is quite simple. > > But guess what: libh won't get through if it's not a drop-in > > replacement for sysinstall. > > What makes you say that? FUD. Documentation is written for sysinstall and everyone's used to it. > > In other words, libh doesn't know about the ports collection or > > /usr/src yet, and I don't think it's going to change soon. > > Yes, but it will change eventually. I hope not. I prefer keeping the package management system seperate from the source management system. > And yes, it's going to require rewriting the package format to deal > with the issues needed for working on the base system. I don't think you have proved that point. > Hopefully, it will also be compatible with the openpackages project. Hopefully. A. -- From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink - greetings! [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjzGojIACgkQttcWHAnWiGeAdQCfbt+9vX+ElnUy/afT43IUfaC0 Id4An1NzutdNPlGGaXkAEcLmc1KiSMSj =uhHc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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