If I may pile on... On Monday 04 April 2005 16:39, Eric Spakman wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Not yet, but Nathan ported apkg to be usable for Bering(-uClibc) if > I'm not mistaken. So it should be possible to use it as a drop-in.
The apkg "port" is more like an "apkg-lite." it works for me, ymmv. announcement was here: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=8679707 What I'd really like a simple dpkg/ipkg like system, but note big constraint below: > > About ipkg, note that all LEAF branches are designed to be run in > RAM. Ipkg is used to be installed on a storage device. Besides most > ipkg packages are compiled to be run on the ARM platform :-) Some really good comments on this subject are here: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=8618375 (Charles Steinkuehler's comments on using dpkg from busybox - ipkg is basically the same thing.) His comments point out the core problem (IMHO.) dpkg/ipkg/rpm, etc. all assume permanent storage. LRP is the only package system that assumes that it has to build the system "from scratch." This means it can retrieve /part/ of the package from read-only media (CD, write-protected floppy, https web server, etc) and then add the locally modified ".conf" or ".local" files from another repository (r/w floppy disk, CF, USB stick, etc.) to build the running system. Without that feature, there is really no advantage of using LEAF over a live-cd distro. (And, incidently, one big reason why I still like LEAF over a live-CD. ;-) ) It appears that ipkg, dpkg or any other packaging system will need to be extended to allow for split (local/distro) storage of packages. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
