On Thu, Aug 05, 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I'm using linux too (but relative old RH 7.3) and I thought using OpenPKG >wersions of softwares would give me a longer updated live. If my thinking is >correct, I would like to use OpenPKG version of perl and not the RH73 one.
That's probably a Bad Idea(tm) as RH 7.3 may well have things that depend on their particular version of perl and its associated modules. One of the major advantages of OpenPKG is that the OpenPKG instance(s) are independent of the vendor's underlying packaging system and other installed software. I have systems running OpenPKG Release 2.0 under Caldera eDesktop 2.4 which is about the same vintage as RH 7.3 with good results. Leave the RH stuff alone, and use OpenPKG for everthing else. Typically I set systems up so that root logins don't have the OpenPKG environment set by default to avoid problems with the vendor's maintenance scripts and updates. I have to manually execute a command that invokes the OpenPKG eval when logged in as root. This is less of a problem since OpenPKG Release 2.0 removed ``rpm'' from the PATH, but there are still potential problems if one has the OpenPKG executables in the PATH before the default system directories. >Could I write a small script that I name /usr/bin/perl with something like: > >#/bin/sh > >if [ OPKG-ENV_NOT_SET ]; then > /opkg/etc/rc --eval all env >fi > >/opkg/bin/perl $* > > > >Also I don't know how to check if OPKG_ENV_NOT_SET. Should grabing opkg in $PATH >be enouth ? > > >Thanks, > >Alex > >Citando Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On Thu, Aug 05, 2004, Alexander Belck wrote: >> >Some perl scripts use #!/usr/bin/perl >> > >> >Could I just symlink ln -s /opkg/bin/perl /usr/bin/ ? >> >> I've done this with links to /usr/local/bin/perl with reasonable >> success. Most of the systems we use already have /usr/bin/perl >> (e.g. they're Linux). >> >> >If the perl script is executed by a user that DO NOT have previosly run >> > >> >/opkg/etc/rc --evall all env >> >> This depends on whether the perl scripts make system() calls that depend on >> the PATH that's set (and spelling --eval correctly :-). Most of the >> scripts I write check to see if the OpenPKG environment has been set, and >> if it hasn't, they set it explicitly. >> >> Bill >> -- >> INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC >> UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way >> FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 >> URL: http://www.celestial.com/ >> >> When only cops have guns, it's called a ``police state''. >> -- Claire Wolfe, "101 Things To Do Until The Revolution" >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org >> User Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >______________________________________________________________________ >The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org >User Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org User Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
