Hello sky,
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:28 PM, sky knight wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is my first mail to this mailing list, so correct me if i done any
> mistakes,
>
> I would like to know some details about the following things,
>
> 1) how to find dependencies for a package
>
> Example: Grub
As ken
For what it's worth the comment about package management is that it
doesn't get us into an argument.
That said, I've used the package users method before, and I'm
currently using symlink style package management in BLFS.
I don't have anywhere near 200 scripts yet, I'm planning on using
python for
> 2) Which is the best package manager and do i have to build the package
> manager before building the first package in LFS?
While I've used (B)LFS, I've used my own package management (Symlink
Style Package Management, see
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter06/pkgmgt.html
The 1st RULE of Linux From Scratch is: You do not talk about package
management. (sed 's/talk/argue/g')
The 2nd RULE of Linux From Scratch is: You DO NOT talk about package
management.
The 3rd RULE of Linux From Scratch is: If a package says "ERROR" or
core dumps, configs out the build is over.
I use the Debian package directories for sorting these things out.
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages
Grub 2's record in testing:
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/grub-pc
Here's a nice comparison of package manager features.
http://kitenet.net/~joey/pkg-comp/
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Thanks for your reply I sure got lots of inputs .
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On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 07:58:42AM -0800, sky knight wrote:
> Hello,This is my first mail to this mailing list, so correct me if i done any
> mistakes,I would like to know some details about the following things,1) how
> to find dependencies for a package Example: Grub2) Which is the best package
Hello,This is my first mail to this mailing list, so correct me if i done any
mistakes,I would like to know some details about the following things,1) how to
find dependencies for a package Example: Grub2) Which is the best package
manager and do i have to build the package manager before buildi
