On Monday 22 May 2006 22:02, Bernard Li wrote: > Hi Erich: > > And what sort of time frame are we looking at implementing this? Post 5.0?
Hmm? Implementing what? The stuff described below is already in, since today. Regards, Erich > > Thanks, > > Bernard > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Erich Focht > Sent: Mon 22/05/2006 10:13 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Oscar-devel] install_prereq change > > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to restructure the way how binary packages are copied from the > package distro directories to OSCAR repositories in order to switch later to a > simpler way of distributing OSCAR. This required a significant change to > install_prereq: > > - Removed generic-setup call. Packages are now searched in: > - the appropriate share/prereqs/*/distro/... directories > - the appropriate packages/*/distro/... directories > - the _local_ distro repositories (packages expected to live in the top > level directory, for example: /tftpboot/distro/centos-4-i386). > > This is only needed in "dumb" mode, smart mode will search the distro and > oscar repositories, not the packages or share/prereqs subdirectories. > > Attention: there is still no version checking in dumb mode. The last match > will be installed. > > - Added functionality to deal with shell scripts! > The following configuration line inside prereq.cfg: > > sh: mkdir /scratch > > will execute the command right after the "sh:" string. > So each config line starting with "sh:" is a shell script command which will > be invoked _after_ the installation of any requested packages. > > - Added check whether requested packages were installed or not. This > should help with the issues which we had with missing prerequisites. This is > done _after_ the install step but before executing any script lines. If any > package was not installed, install_prereq fails with an error, i.e. the > script lines will not be executed. > > Regards, > Erich > ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
