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Date: | Tue, 22 Aug 2000 11:40:31 +0100 |
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From: | David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk> |
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Subject: | Re: Collection of new/updated packages available for testing (rpm) |
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On Tuesday 22 Aug 00, Robert Collins writes: > As I see it rpms (or the debian equivalent) offer three key improvements > over DJ's setup.exe and any similar tar based solution: > * pre-post install/uninstall scripts (i.e. check if you have /etc/services, > if not install it, if you do call sed and edit it rather than replacing > it...) > * dependancy tracking. Each RPM > * uninstall functionality (the database knows what was installed, what > uninstalling it will break, what to do to uninstall item x). Interesting. Would dependency tracking know that 'make' requires 'ash', for example? Isn't it a big job for the package maintainers to get all the scripts & dependencies right? (Or are there automated tools for that?) Thanks, David
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