#2111: Adding PACO to LFS
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Reporter: spinal84 | Owner: [email protected]
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.0
Component: Book | Version: 7.0
Severity: normal | Resolution:
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Comment (by [EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Replying to [comment:6 spinal84]:
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> Almost everybody using LFS needs good package management tool. All these
techniques from the book are very hard to understand to newbies in linux
and LFS.
Newbies to linux aren't supposed to be building LFS in the first place.
> I think everybody like orderliness in their linux systems. I read about
other package management systems in LFS. They all are hard, complicated
and/or inconvenient not only for newbies but experienced users too. They
are just tools to play with (to get some experience) nothing more.
Oppositely paco is fast, convenient and easy way to manage packages. Paco
is written specially for LFS users. Why not include it as native package
management tool?
Because adding a native packagement to LFS would just turn LFS into
another distro, and partially eliminate the point of LFS - to build
whatever system you want.
> And if someone won't be satisfied with paco (for example some people
making LFS extremely small) they can easy remove paco from the system:
>
> {{{
> # paco -r paco
> rm -fr /var/log/paco
> }}}
I'm of the opinion that it's always easier to add something like paco (or
any other package management scheme, or even any package in general) to
generic (non-package-management-specific) instructions, than to have the
book assume package management and expect users to *remove* that if they
don't want it.
>
> If someone works on embedded system based on LFS he can use paco to
manage/upgrade system and then remove it when going to production. Even
here paco should be integrated in LFS book.
LFS should not use any package management scheme. It's not that difficult
to simply take whatever package management techique you want and integrate
it into your own LFS system.
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