Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 12 Jun 1996 00:12:13 -0400 (EDT) | From | Kevin M Bealer <> | Subject | Re: packages and the kernel (long, sorry...) |
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On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, Jamie Lokier wrote:
(massive clip) > > I would _really_ like to be able to throw together an RPM for the next > alpha of some package in as long as it takes me to enter the right > compile and install commands. If the installation wanders outside > FSSTND, I can always check the file list afterwards. > > Ramblings on and on, > -- Jamie
I agree with most of what you said in that post; however I think there will always been a need for human intervention in packaging.
Some programs should be removed along with all sorts of things they created, and some should definitely not.
For example imagine a compiler which generates "pre-compiled headers" like some of the borland ones do. The headers should probably be removed if either the compiler _or_ the libraries the headers were made from are removed.
On the other hand, if /usr/bin/joe was removed from my hard drive along with everything written by it, there wouldn't be much configuration left.
A human needs to be involved, ideally by writing intelligent package management, but I don't think it will be possible to write a package manager that can handle things by itself.
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