On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Alexander V. Nikolaev <a...@daemon.hole.ru> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 02:18:04PM +0100, steve donovan wrote: > >> Ideally LR would respect packages installed by the system package manager, >> but this obviously not an easy thing to do for all supported platforms. >> among other things, versioning is particularly tricky. >> > > I develop tool to generate proper debian/ and build few "packaged" rock > for ubuntu/natty. Patch to LR (discussed in this thread) -- part of > this work. It required to allow rocks installed in old fashion way use > "system-wide" installed packages. Built packages have little manifest, > inside /usr/lib/pk-rocks-tree/lib/luarocks/manifest.d/$package > Full manifest rebuilt in /usr/lib/pk-rocks-tree/lib/luarocks/manifest.d > on any install/remove operation. Little "runtime support" care about it.
What does /usr/lib/pk-rocks-tree/lib/luarocks/manifest.d/$package contain? Isn't that functionally equivalent to .../lib/luarocks/rocks/$package/$version/rock_manifest ? -- Hisham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Luarocks-developers mailing list Luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/luarocks-developers
