On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 15:09:18 +0100, "Steinar H. Gunderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >pkgsync is a tool for keeping multiple machines reasonably similar and >clean. Packages can either be in a `must be installed', `may be >installed' or `must not be installed' list (which is presumed to be >distributed separately using a tool such as rdist or cfengine). pkgsync >will take care of meeting the demands put down in the lists, and then >removing everything that is not in the `must' or `may' list and is not >necessary for their operations (as determined by aptitude).
Can't this be solved with a local, equivs-created package with appropriate depends and conflicts clauses? That package could be on a locally aptable archive, which would also - in cooperation with cron-apt - serve as means of distribution. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29

