Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:49:45 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Second "RFC" on pkg-data idea for ports Message-ID: <20040413054945.GA25540@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <407B780F.5030102@pacific.net.sg> References: <p0602040cbca10a7dbe52@[128.113.24.47]> <p0602040dbca11349ce03@[128.113.24.47]> <407B6B43.2050507@pacific.net.sg> <20040413042929.GA24603@xor.obsecurity.org> <407B780F.5030102@pacific.net.sg>
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--HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 01:18:07PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 12:23:31PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > >>It would be real helpfull to users if the package or port system would= =20 > >>be able to automatically overcome this problem with installing the=20 > >>needed version in a way that the installed versions stays intact. > > > > > >Take a look at the portupgrade port, I think that's what you're trying > >to describe. > > > If I understood portupgrade right, it upgrade a port but it still does=20 > not allow to keep the old version in parallel allowing one application=20 > using the old one while the other application uses the new one. > > > >>This could lead to a general system where any number of different=20 > >>versions of a package or port could be installed on the machine without= =20 > >>any interferance. > > > > > >That's a very different problem. > > > But it is what I ment. >=20 > Erich That's off-topic for the present discussion then, because Garance wasn't asking for blue-sky wishlists of features for the ports tree, he was asking for comments on his specific proposal. Kris --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAe394Wry0BWjoQKURAhRxAJ9YDoAog90wovN/hlDq/efUo3EbNgCfd8qV Jw5U7w1C8zncuO5fuh7L7LM= =OJ5e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD--
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