On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 01:13:34PM +0200, Max Horn wrote: > > Am 07.04.2006 um 09:41 schrieb Daniel Macks: > > >On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 09:32:10AM +0200, Max Horn wrote: > >> > >>Am 06.04.2006 um 18:35 schrieb Dave Vasilevsky: > >> > >>> > >>[...] > >> > >>>Pretending that status is empty (nothing installed) is probably ok > >>>here. Maybe just assume that the current essential is installed? > >>>I'm not sure what's better. > >> > >>Should the status really be completely empty? What about virtual > >>packages like darwin and macosx ? > > > >Virtual packages are generated by VirtPackages. Dpkg knows about > >virtuals by reading system(fink-virtual-pkgs) every time dpkg runs--it > >doesn't actually store them in its status database file. Fink's Status > >actually reads dpkg's status db directly rather than using dpkg > >itself. > > Yeah, but we are talking about simulating a different distribution > here -- I want to be able to test from my 10.4-transitional system > whether I can move a given package from 10.3/unstable to 10.3/stable. > And if the package happens do "Depend: macosx (<<10.4)" ... ? > Maybe I am just missing your point, sorry if that is the case :-(
Yup, that's the case. You said: > >>Should the status really be completely empty? What about virtual > >>packages like darwin and macosx ? my point is simply that darwin and macosx aren't in status on *any* fink. dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
