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gcc-c++-3.3.4-11 xine-lib-0.99.rc6a-4.2 canna-libs-3.7p3-3 xemacs-packages-info-20040202-57 alsaplayer-0.99.76-70 kdelibs3-3.3.0-34.3 release-notes-9.2-21.6 libopencdk-0.5.4-4 perl-HTML-Tagset-3.03-552 perl-Net-DNS-0.48-2 gnome-panel-2.6.2-43 yelp-2.6.1-6 libsoup-2.2.0-3.2 samba-client-3.0.9-2.3 mc-4.6.0-332.2 iproute2-2.4.7-870.4 db41-devel-4.1.25-75 python-2.3.4-3.2 M On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 18:00 -0500, Phil D'Amore wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine