On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 02:05:36PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Petter Reinholdtsen] > > merge 484010 698426 > > found 698426 10.0.12esr-1 > > found 698426 18.0-1 > > found 484010 10.0.12esr-1 > > found 484010 18.0-1 > > thanks > > Hm, my updates partly failed. Anyone got an idea why? > > [Mike Hommey] > > Indeed. And the reason why the Ubuntu code hasn't been imported is > > that it relies on a server to give answers. What I want to something > > that just checks the local apt database (possibly using one of the > > generic APIs so that this could be used on any distro, provided they > > have the info) > > Is the server you talk about the one providing the PackageKit API via > dbus? I am not sure what ubuntu is using, but suspect they are using > aptdaemon. I integrated aptdaemon with my prototype HW detection and > installation system yesterday, and it seem to work fine. :) > > Querying APT directly should not be too hard either, but it is not > obvious to me what the advantage would be over delegating it to > aptdaemon, given that aptdaemon also provide a way to get the packages > installed. Care to explain?
I mean an http server. Their plugin finder in firefox sends requests to an http server. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
