Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:18:07 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Second "RFC" on pkg-data idea for ports Message-ID: <407B780F.5030102@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <20040413042929.GA24603@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <p0602040cbca10a7dbe52@[128.113.24.47]> <p0602040dbca11349ce03@[128.113.24.47]> <407B6B43.2050507@pacific.net.sg> <20040413042929.GA24603@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Hi, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 12:23:31PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >>It would be real helpfull to users if the package or port system would >>be able to automatically overcome this problem with installing the >>needed version in a way that the installed versions stays intact. > > > Take a look at the portupgrade port, I think that's what you're trying > to describe. > If I understood portupgrade right, it upgrade a port but it still does not allow to keep the old version in parallel allowing one application using the old one while the other application uses the new one. > >>This could lead to a general system where any number of different >>versions of a package or port could be installed on the machine without >>any interferance. > > > That's a very different problem. > But it is what I ment. Erich
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