Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 14:59:23 -0700 (PDT) From: kientzle@netcom.com To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux async vs. FreeBSD sync (fwd) Message-ID: <199608272159.OAA22646@netcom2.netcom.com>
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An alternative package system that I've been using successfully for several
months now is to install _every_ application in it's own private directory,
and then populate /usr/local/{lib,bin,include,man} with appropriate
symlinks. For example, I have "ispell" installed in /usr/local/app/ispell
as follows:
/usr/local/app/ispell/bin - public executables
/usr/local/app/ispell/lib - public lib file
/usr/local/app/ispell/man/man? - Man pages
I've then cobbled a quick Perl script that destroys and then
re-builds the following directories:
/usr/local/man/man? - links to /usr/local/app/*/man/man?/*
/usr/local/lib - links to /usr/local/app/*/lib/*
/usr/local/include - links to /usr/local/app/*/include/*
/usr/local/links/bin - links to /usr/local/app/*/bin/*
(I chose /usr/local/links/bin rather than /usr/local/bin to avoid
some transition headaches.)
The big advantage of this scheme over the current FreeBSD package
scheme is that it's very easy to add a new port to this system,
since you don't have to track down every file and enter it into
some database. Similarly, removing packages is equally simple: just
delete the package directory and rebuild the link directories.
Currently, this doesn't handle package dependencies, and has some other
weaknesses, but I think it has serious advantages over the current system.
In particular, it easily handles new programs and ports as well as
existing packages.
If anyone's interested, write me directly, as I don't subscribe.
- Tim Kientzle
kientzle@netcom.com
Forwarded message:
> From joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Tue Aug 27 14:42:11 PDT 1996
> Article: 28726 of comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
> Subject: Re: Linux async vs. FreeBSD sync
> Date: 25 Aug 1996 13:37:03 GMT
>
> celestra@ix.netcom.com (Arthur D. Jerijian) wrote:
>
> > I do have a wish list for FreeBSD, however. A packaging system similar
> > to Red Hat Linux's RPM or Debian's dpkg would be nice. ...
>
> Things of this kind are perhaps best discussed on the mailing list
> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org. Even if you are not subscribed, write
> there. Too many contributors won't notice your opinion here in
> Usenet. (Remember, *BSD development and support _mainly_ happens on
> mailing lists.)
>
> --
> cheers, J"org
>
> joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
> Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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