Randy McMurchy wrote: > David Fix wrote these words on 08/31/05 14:12 CST: > > >>Just kidding. :P I actually have no idea, I'm just hoping to at least put >>a smile onto your face. I've thought of doing some kind of package >>management myself, but seeing stuff like this always makes me cringe... >>Anyone else have any smart ideas or experience? > > > I use package management via little scriptlets I put into my build > scripts. Putting it simply, it takes a picture of the filesystem > before and after the installation of a package, then compares those > pictures for differences. The differences are what is installed by > the package. > > Works well, however, it won't include files that are installed by > a package that overwrite an existing file. But that is a pretty > rare occurrence. >
There is a released package (it's a script really - but quite sophisticated) that does this: Guarded Installation Tool. I used it for some time - it's drawback is that as the filestore fills up it gets progressively slower. There used to be a LFS hint about it, but I don't think it's maintained. http://home.wtal.de/ib/freisoft/ (Although it's German on the website, the package has English docs.) R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
