Michel Talon wrote:
Marcin Wisnicki wrote:
Unless I'm missing something there needs to be a MOVED file or ideally
something like it that has pkgnames (with versions) for a binary
package update tool to work.
First, congratulations to Marin Atanasov for having completed his
program! As far as i understand, Marin's goal was simpler that an
upgrade tool for binary packages, it was simply an install tool,
allowing to choose interactively on various repositories. I think this
goal is fulfilled and is useful.
For upgrading, the situation is vastly more complicated, indeed one
needs to read MOVED and use information here, in particular follow the
name changes of ports. For example you may have a port whose proper
upgrade has a different name, etc. or ports have disappeared, etc.
I am not even sure that a completely bullet proof system can be written
within the limits of the present FreeBSD ports system.
I am quite sure that one of the keys of Marcin's success is having
limited his aims. Similarly the excellent portmaster tool for upgrading
owes its success to strict limitation to upgrade from source, using the
available preexisting pkg_* tools - plus a lot of polishing.
Yeap, as Michel Talon noticed I'm not trying to create a package upgrade
tool,
but just a tool for installing packages in an interactive manner. I
think that
there are already enough and good package upgrade tools - portmaster for
example would do the job.
My program is designed to make easier the process of finding and install
the packages.
I've written some functions which search for a file pattern when we are
performing a
local and remote search - then the information is being stored in a
stack and at the end
of the code we have a single system() call which executes `pkg_add
[pkgname]'.
So if one have looked at the code will see that actually my program
gives the
interactive interface and for installing - it uses the existing pkg_add
tool.
Other pkg_* commands could be supported by the program, but I don't see
a use of it - except maybe
the purpose mentioned above for a package upgrade tool.
Btw, what would you say about this name `pkg_add_it' - 'pkg_add
Interactive Tool'? :)
Cheers,
Marin
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Marin Atanasov
dnaeon AT gmail DOT com
daemon AT unix-heaven DOT org
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