Chris Ridd wrote: >> Unfortunately the Package Manager has it's classifications hard-wired. > > It is OK (ish) to hard-wire the category names.
Not really. >> These are installed under /usr/share/package-manager/data. Under there >> are currently two files called opensolaris.org.sections and >> opensolaris.org. >> I don't know if it correctly handles classifications if you're preferred >> repository isn't opensolaris.org. Hopefully John or Michal can answer >> that. > > I think you're suggesting that the package manager GUI ignores the > package's metadata, and uses these static files instead... Correct. >> (An interesting experiment would be to copy those two files to similar >> names for your local repository). > > Ah, that made a difference. If I add an entry for my package to that > /usr/share/package-manager/data/canopus (canopus is my name for the > authority) the package manager GUI displays the package in the right > section. > > Oh dear. There's a bug for this? Looking through the list at:* *http://tinyurl.com/64p5bs there doesn't seem to be one that specifically addresses the need to use the package meta-data. The closest I could come was: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=5565 Feel free to add a new bug though. The Package Manager do know about the problem though, and have said they are going to rectify it for OpenSolaris 2009.04. _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
