Note: I am NOT wanting to start another "which package system is best"
discussion, I'm just looking for comments, observations you all may have... Having used lrp (original), oxygen, Dachstein, bering, and uClib bering, I'm very familiar with the .lrp package structure. Currently we have many of these deployed in various roles (routers, vpn endpoints, traffic-shaping bridges, squid web cache, etc.) We need a better way to update packages than lrp currently provides. I need some way to have "change management" on thee boxes, as well as a way to update a package "in place", without downtime. Yes, its possible to do with lrp, but I'd like some way to be able to have the leaf box "pull" an updated package from a central repository (via ssh or https), and then have an "upgrade" script run. The "lrp" way to do this is to add a /var/lib/lrpkg/<pkgname>.upgrade script, and then teach lrpkg to run the upgrade script. But at that point, I question whether or not its just better to make the switch and use busybox's dpkg applet - and use the .deb package format. debian already has the pre-install, install, deinstall (forget the name) and post-deinstall scripts. -- I know this is a severe departure from the leaf community, especially with respect to the uClib-bering team's goal of continuing to support a single diskette distro... So I'm not looking for support/design/coding help. (although it would be welcome :) ) What I am interested in is what you see as the pros/cons of such a plan. What I see are: Pro: debian's already figured out a good packaging system. leverage that. Pro: bering's already mostly debian, so it should be easier to strip a deb-source package and build a bering package for that than it would be to build one from scratch. Con: lrp is just a tarball - you can't get simpler than that Con: We'll need more RAM/disk space for metadata about which packages are installed. Con: Time/effort required to actually make the switch. Am I missing something really obvious? Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: GNOME Foundation Hackers Unite! GUADEC: The world's #1 Open Source Desktop Event. GNOME Users and Developers European Conference, 28-30th June in Norway http://2004/guadec.org _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
