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Date:      Wed, 5 May 2010 00:39:26 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com>
To:        Reinhard Haller <Reinhard.Haller@interactive-net.de>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Subject:   Re: ports and PBIs
Message-ID:  <3F2B5DDD-23EC-4150-91F2-90D0A728DB54@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4BE11E4E.5000604@interactive-net.de>
References:  <4BBFD502.1010507@elischer.org> <4BE11E4E.5000604@interactive-net.de>

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On May 5, 2010, at 12:29 AM, Reinhard Haller wrote:

> Am 04.05.2010 20:40, schrieb Julian Elischer:
>>=20
>>>=20
>>> To achieve this goal we get another ports management application and
>>> hope it handles also the non trivial tasks of the non simple apps.
>>=20
>> there is a PBI helper app. but PBIs are actually executables with the
>> installation app built in.
>=20
> portupgrade PBIapp should work?

I think it's cowsay, not portupgrade, but yes... using multiple tools =
would be required AFAIK, because they work at different abstraction =
levels.

>>>=20
>>> If the PBIs come with all libraries and resources we get even more
>>> problems with multiple db installations not less.
>>=20
>> not that's the whole point.  The app has it's own linraries HIDDEN
>> within itself.
>> it can not interfere with other apps.
>> (except in a port-number manner) but generally
>> apps for which PBIs are good do not do that sort of thing.

Well, I'm sure there are other conflicts, but that is most likely the =
most prevalent issue. Any kind of resource contention where only one of =
any given resource that isn't timeshareable is available would be an =
issue, or where other potential issues may be like hardcoded paths, =
defaults, etc.

> Speaking about db installations we end up (worst case) with =
imcompatible
> files.

Thanks,
-Garrett=



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