Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 23:41:55 -0800 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com> To: install@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [jgrosch@mooseriver.com: Re: New package scheme, early draft] Message-ID: <19980213234155.48595@mooseriver.com>
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-----Forwarded message from Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com>----- Message-ID: <19980213234029.02950@mooseriver.com> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 23:40:29 -0800 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Subject: Re: New package scheme, early draft Reply-To: jgrosch@MooseRiver.com References: <199802132354.PAA05277@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <199802132354.PAA05277@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Feb 13, 1998 at 03:54:11PM -0800 On Fri, Feb 13, 1998 at 03:54:11PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > Apolgies for omitting this from the previous message. > > New Software Packaging Tools for FreeBSD > ====================================================================== > (c) Michael Smith and contributors 1997, 1998 > > > What's wrong with the current tools? > ------------------------------------ > > - The current packaging tools have no sense of continuity, ie. > - there is no understanding that foo-1.2 is an upgrade to foo-1.1 > - installing foo-1.2 over the top of foo-1.1 does not transfer > dependancies from the old version. > > - It is not possible to apply updates to a package; packages can only > be installed wholesale. > > - The use of tar/gzip requires an expensive unpacking stage. > > - There is no mechanism for reverting to a previous version of a > package. > > - The information kept about files installed from a package is > not enough to verify the state of a package. > > - A file or directory cannot belong to more than one package. > > - Various combinations of the above make it impossible to use the > package tools for distributing components of the base system. > [ DELETED ] This is very good. Two comments; 1) The package system needs a concept of how much disk space the package will unpack into and how much space is currently availabe. 2) Look at HP's package on how to handle dependency. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.5 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses -----End of forwarded message----- -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.5 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-install" in the body of the messagehelp
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