Re: package management

Den Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:13:30 +0100 skrev Maciek Pasternacki:

3. Packages installed using the OS package management;

No support. If your Lisp implementation can see those by default, you
can use those. I don't consider support in Librarian, because:
- Every distribution has its own system for package management and one
should use it for managing distribution's packages,
- Distribution's library packages are meant to be used by applications
from
distribution, these are often outdated and/or not really suited for
new application developers (or maybe I just don't understand
common-lisp-controller),
- I develop Librarian to scratch my own itch, and distribution's
package
management doesn't itch me, since I just don't use those in my work.
If someone has an idea (and implementation) how Librarian would be
able to interact with those, I will consider it and probably include
with Librarian.

http://www.packagekit.org/ is designed to solve that (and some other)
problems. It's still WIP, but already works, with good support for
several package managers. Don't let the GUI bits put you off, it has
programmatic interfaces via D-BUS to do everything.

Cheers,
Maciej
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: SCCM Distribution Point Server share
    ... ~The distribution point doesn't support drive enumeration or a valid drive could ... So DM tries to enumerate drives on the Netapp Host, which will not work of course. ... I reconfigured it to 'Access distribution folder through common ConfigMgr package share', created shares named 'SMSPKGc$','SMSSIG$' an put necessary ACLs. ...
    (microsoft.public.sms.setup)
  • Re: Only Arskin
    ... are not prepared to sell a product that we can't support. ... the dependancies be inbuilt in that the VRPC package would ... A product for one particular version of one particular distribution ... that leaves the option of providing a complete Linux system ...
    (comp.sys.acorn.misc)
  • Re: package management
    ... I don't consider support in Librarian, ... - Every distribution has its own system for package management and one ... I develop Librarian to scratch my own itch, ...
    (comp.lang.lisp)
  • Getting Msg 2342 Followed by Error 2302 Every Hour, Distribution Manager Error
    ... are set as distribution points that I am trying to push this package ... SMS Distribution Manager failed to process package "Outlook Support ...
    (microsoft.public.sms.admin)
  • Re: package management
    ... Fetching packages from version control systems (CVS, SVN, and ... No support. ... Librarian is meant to create complete ... Such shelf should be updated at once. ...
    (comp.lang.lisp)