Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:12:23 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting the running patch level Message-ID: <5024DE87.4040609@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120809221301.GB1406@schism.local> References: <5023a174.c4df440a.09cc.ffffd3d2SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com> <3FB858A6-807A-45E7-880B-F27D9C884827@gmail.com> <CAJVM2mpitfhTQfSOaqG3x_9fHdkOMT7gEonDJE6T_XUBtLUe6w@mail.gmail.com> <CAJLwSwBxEVSQUKc-aCtFKnE0EPZo2f=URfDz2L6_p%2BrOx4LtcQ@mail.gmail.com> <201208092131.PAA02727@lariat.net> <20120809221301.GB1406@schism.local>
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On 09/08/2012 23:13, Glen Barber wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 03:31:25PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
>> > I realize that sysinstall is deprecated in favor of the new installer, but
>> > the new installer doesn't have the ability to install binary packages.
>> > Until and unless there's a convenient menu-based installer for binary
>> > packages, would it be possible to fix this glitch?
> There is always pkgng, granted it is not menu-driven.
No reason pkgng couldn't be wrapped in some sort of menuing system. In
fact, it's probably quite a lot easier than doing the same sort of thing
with the old pkg_tools.
Also, pkgdb functionality is expressed through libpkg.so.1, meaning that
hooking it up to a different front-end should be a small matter of
programming. There is already a Ruby interface available, and other
languages are being worked on. The libpkg API is still subject to
incompatible changes at this stage of development: that won't be settled
for quite some time yet.
Cheers,
Matthew
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