On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 10:12 AM, Max Horn wrote:
> At 9:38 Uhr -0400 10.04.2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> ??
>>
>> What about another commands for fink
>> - 'make-image <path>' for making ISO image(s) of the given
>> distribution
>
> LOL, wish it was that easy :-) Seriously, I don't think it's feasible
> to make such a command without a lot of compromises. E.g. should it
> only put .debs you have onto the CD? Or all you have? Or build all
> missing .debs, and put them onto the CD? What about source? All source
> you have, all source you have that is "current", or first fetch all
> source? WHat about space? All Fink debds plus source are over a
> gigabyte, I think, no way to fit that onto a single CD (and I am
> talking about stable only here, not even about unstable, which is the
> next issue). Etc. etc.
>
I know that it seems like implementing the function dwim(x) where x is
an expression and meaning of the function is Do What I Mean by x.
But it was a first thought. Purpose was to address situation as you
described in point 1 of your letter later.
> 1) It will be very helpful to anybody with a not so fast connection;
to people that want to use an install CD to quickly install this stuff
on my
> machines; for people that want to have a local "Fink server", so to
say, where machines behind a restrictive firewall can download stuff;
etc. I > definitly see a use in it.
CD image should be snapshot of the given installation at the creation
time to be able to replicate exactly on another computer.
Use Case: Sysadmin with bunch of computers without LAN available.
Another Case: Sysadmin with bunch of computers with LAN available.
This should be addressed by some possibility of proxy/local fink server.
As you stated before.
But i think we are discussing two different CD sets by the purpose
- one 'the distribution' which would contain a complete set of
fink packages made fo release.
- second 'the help disc' just a local tool for spreading the
fink / packages.
>
>> - 'update-from <path>' for installing stuff from CD
>
> apt-cdrom or whatever the name was is for that, and already exists.
:-( i wasn't aware of that. </oops>
>
> Max
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