Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 07:37:38 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Cc: Rob <stopspam@users.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: Rewrite cvsup & portupgrade in C Message-ID: <200407050737.48211.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <40E8B6CD.50603@users.sourceforge.net> References: <BAY18-F40zHNmkZMdd000009ad2@hotmail.com> <6.1.0.6.1.20040704184247.03bf1670@popserver.sfu.ca> <40E8B6CD.50603@users.sourceforge.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Monday 05 July 2004 04:02, Rob wrote: > Colin Percival wrote: > > At 08:12 04/07/2004, Joel Dahl wrote: > >>1) Is there a need for a rewrite of cvsup and portupgrade in C so that > >> they can be included in the base system? > > > > Yes please. :-) > > I remember that portupgrade is intentionally not in the base system, to > allow easier updates for a running system. This way it can be more often > updated than the official releases, to reflect changes in the ports system. And that's a good thing. Perhaps somebody wants to investigate if some sort of packages-only, C based updater which does not need a local ports tree to work is feasible. That could very well have a place in the base-system and also further promote and ease the use of binary packages. -- ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBA6OkrXhc68WspdLARAkB8AJ9xD1t1XLwuABQMjDlfpEu76UPoSQCcCAV+ 14M7Wq/IXd6JjYwRHGvlrtk= =WB4f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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