Out of curiosity, can you post an example? I've never seen their naming convention.
On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 17:16, Mark Burgess wrote: > I was trying to use this on SuSE recently, whihc also uses RPM but it does not > work because the package naming convention is different, There is clearly > a lot to be done on the matter of package management, > > M > > > Phil D'Amore wrote: > > > I used RPM as an example here, but all three supported package managers > > > *should* work. You can actually use more than one package manager at > > > once, since each keeps its own to-be-installed list. If folks could > > > test the Debian and Sun parts of this, it'd be greatly appreciated, as I > > > don't really have the facilities to do so ;). Most of the code for this > > > is package manager agnostic, except for the part that decides which > > > variable to read for the install command (RPMInstallCommand, > > > DPKGInstallCommand, SUNInstallCommand), so I'm expecting it will Just > > > Work (tm). > > > > I realize that I'm not up to speed on the packages section and its > > support - but there are more than three package formats. > > > > Beyond the three listed above, I can think of several: > > > > * HP-UX software depots > > * FreeBSD packages > > * Slackware packages > > > > And this doesn't account for alternative installation programs, although > > that may not be relevant - RPMInstall command could be set to "apt-get > > install" for instance. > > > > However, I find the names "RPMInstallCommand" et al to be just ghastly. > > What if RPM is phased out and replaced with the new name > > FooBarPackageMgr? What if someone installs RPM on a SUN machine? What > > if someone installs RPM onto Debian and uses it? More importantly, how > > are you EVER going to be able to get ALL package managers represented? > > > > The commands ought to be package manager neutral, should they not? > > > > -- > > David Douthitt > > UNIX System Administrator > > Linux+, LPIC-1, RHCE > > HP-UX, Unixware, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD > > Member: ACM, USENIX/SAGE > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Help-cfengine mailing list > > Help-cfengine@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Work: +47 22453272 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fax : +47 22453205 WWW : http://www.iu.hio.no/~mark > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine -- Phil D'Amore "Sometimes there is a fine line Senior System Administrator between criminally abusive Red Hat, Inc behavior and fun." Office: 919.754.3700 x44395 -- Ted the Generic Guy Pager: 877.383.8795 (Dilbert 4/19/2003) _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
