2011/3/24 Jeff Johnson <n3...@mac.com>: > > On Mar 24, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote: > >> d'oh, used wrong sender.. >> 2011/3/24 Per Øyvind Karlsen <peroyv...@mandriva.org>: >>> 2011/3/24 Jeff Johnson <n3...@mac.com>: >>>> Cool! Cooker finally has an Augeas package in main! >>>> >>>> The issue with the rpm+augeas embedding is that augeas >>>> development is pretty active, with lots of patterns >>>> in lenses and more. SO I did an implementation >>>> against the git check-out in order to keep up. >>>> >>>> Augeas is just starting to get picked up by distros like Cooker, >>>> so it is difficult to design the AutoFu to Just Work because there >>>> isn't any clear reference point with a "released" version. >>>> >>>> Now there is a reference point: augeas in cooker devel >>>> >>>> Note that augtool is/was the basis (as a nicely designed CLI tool) for >>>> all of the embeddings in RPM. And the embedding used in RPM isn't >>>> really any different than the libffi in the Python augeas bindings. >>>> Nother are quite simple to do because of the excellently designed augtool >>>> "high level" library API. >>>> >>>> Per Oyvind: Would you like to try RPM+Augeas in Cooker? You are the >>>> maintainer, I'm just the asshole here ;-) >>> I need to read up on it, but I don't mind if you go ahead try it, I'm >>> feeling >>> that I'm lagging behind you enough already trying to keep up, while having >>> other things to do as well.. :| >>> >>> While I'm having "main responsibility" for rpm in cooker context and such, >>> I certainly wouldn't mind if you and/or Pinto Elia want to share >>> the maintenance of rpm stuff in cooker. I have other responsibilities as >>> well, so I'd be overexcited and reliefed by having more active help on >>> cooker directly. :) >>>> >>>> (aside) >>>> If you could also arrange to link against the OSSP uuid in >>>> the Cooker packaging, I can start demonstrating how >>>> UUID's can be used for package "identification". >>>> >>>> Sound like a plan? >>> Sure. :) > > BTW, expect some bit rot when you get to -laugeas. Augeas > was NICETOHAVE untikl yesterday ;-) > > Nothing will be too hard to fix, David Lutterkort has designed a > nice API into Augeas, just that "configuration management" > is a never ending battle and there's endless details to fiddle > with. > > Biut with a stable reference target to shoot at, well, > it won't be too hard to get augeas embedded into RPM. > > > I'll write up some toy test cases for tests/ "make check". > > Basically the embedding is one-to-one with augtool(8) so > you can probably wing it with "man augtool" I've just commited support, will submit a new rpm build with it enabled shortly..
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