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On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 05:25:45PM -0600, Jeremy Enos wrote: > So it's even worse than I thought. Here is the problem I pointed out=20 > originally: >=20 > If foo.rpm depends on rpms which don't exist in that distro, we're=20 > hosed. I don't think this is a problem for ODA, because we control the= =20 > Requires for it and and can require specific files. However, I don't thi= nk=20 > we can realistically put such a requirement on arbitrarily contributed=20 > packages. >=20 > Now the next problem that Jason's text reminded me of: >=20 > Even if all rpms did the "Right Thing" and depended on files rather than= =20 > rpms, we're still left very vulnerable to getting hosed. Even w/ ODA for= =20 > example. If ODA depends on /usr/sbin/mysqld, but MDK only has an rpm whi= ch=20 > holds /usr/local/sbin/mysqld, then the auto-dependency check would fail,= =20 > no? And heck, even if it worked in that case, I guess we'd have problems= =20 > anyway. This is where the FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard) and http://www.lanana.org/ come into play. The names of executables should be standardized due to lanana, and file locations should be standardized due to FHS. (i.e. an rpm NEVER installs to /usr/local) There will be edge cases, but these standards efforts are going forward. Worse comes to worse, you produce *shim rpms* like the python2-compat that I built for Mandrake due to the python2 dependancy that c3 had. These are all solvable problems, and autoupdate, with auto dependancy tracking, makes a lot of these go away. > I don't know... I guess I'm just negative. ;-) This is a technical problem, and honestly, not that hard of one. It just takes some time to think it through. Just remember... its a technical problem, therefore it has a solution. :) -Sean =20 --=20 _______________________________________________________________________ =09 Sean Dague [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dague.net There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down. _______________________________________________________________________ --SkvwRMAIpAhPCcCJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+XrHsSamXem9TdyYRArRcAJ0Z7nvy/3VXFzzQsA+pvVibxglOdwCfd2xh WHzvjf7qzppZqStJNJ4gIow= =5TMy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SkvwRMAIpAhPCcCJ-- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
