On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 01:41:03PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: > 2008/6/3 Nicolas Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 09:29:19AM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: > >> Since the dependency could be resolved at publish time (i.e. the file > >> dependency is resolved to a package name at that time), I don't think > >> those concerns apply. > > > > I agree. One thing that comes to mind is that at the time of resolution > > of the file dependency to a package name there could be many possible > > matching packages, so some control over the resolution process may be > > required. > > To me, it would be easiest just to do something like: > > 1) find packages for /path/to/file > > 2) if more than or less than one, fail
or prompt. > 3) if exactly one, use matching package name right. > However, one problem with this is that it creates a situation where > you are publishing a package that depends on a file in a package that > hasn't been published yet. fail. > That makes me think that we need the ability to defer some operations > until the server rebuilds the catalog. ick. Nico -- _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
