Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 16:14:39 -0500 From: Mark Johnston <markjdb@gmail.com> To: Marin Atanasov Nikolov <dnaeon@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interactive tool for installing packages Message-ID: <20101109211439.GC10842@mark-laptop-bsd.mark-home> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin4kC9Zu7YXdy0HNjaEnU=jscNqrVMNungPDKZp@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimCSkE5Ukc4DrVpMZ6ZxggP2u-HRKqeKWZT%2B%2BNO@mail.gmail.com> <20101109205955.GB10842@mark-laptop-bsd.mark-home> <AANLkTin4kC9Zu7YXdy0HNjaEnU=jscNqrVMNungPDKZp@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 11:08:07PM +0200, Marin Atanasov Nikolov wrote: > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Mark Johnston <markjdb@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 09:32:15PM +0200, Marin Atanasov Nikolov wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> Some time ago I've started a thread on freebsd-ports@ regarding an > >> interactive tool for installing packages under FreeBSD - pkg_add_it. > >> > >> Now that I got some time to work on the program, I have added a few > >> additional features to it, which I think someone might find useful > >> like: > >> > >> ?- dependencies tree view of packages (useful to find out package dependencies) > >> ?- a similar tool that does this already exists - pkg_tree, but it > >> only works for installed ports, while pkg_add_it can show you every > >> package from INDEX > >> ?- regex support > >> ?- displays categories and packages from each of them found in INDEX > >> ?- some code improvements, etc... > >> > >> The code can be found here [1] and in order to install the program, you need to: > >> > >> # git clone git://git.unix-heaven.org/public/pkg_add_it > >> # cd pkg_add_it && make install clean > >> > >> I still haven't updated the manual pages yet, but you can read > >> something about the program on the web page [2]. > >> > >> Screenshots can be seen as well. [3] > >> > >> Would be nice if someone can test it, and provide some feedback - what > >> can be removed, improved, added, etc.. > >> > >> Surely, there's room for improvement, but that's a start.. :) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Marin > >> > >> [1] git.unix-heaven.org > >> [2] www.unix-heaven.org/index.php?page=pkg_add_it > >> [3] http://www.unix-heaven.org/pkg_add_it-new-gfx/ > >> > >> -- > >> Marin Atanasov Nikolov > >> > >> dnaeon AT gmail DOT com > >> daemon AT unix-heaven DOT org > >> http://www.unix-heaven.org/ > > > > Hello Mark, > > > It looks pretty neat. I spent a minute or two trying it out, and my only > > suggestion at this point is to check errno for common errors instead of > > immediately calling ERRX to report non-zero returns from system calls. > > It's kind of annoying to see a message like > > > > pkg_add_it: Error in config_read_file() from config.c at line 179: No > > such file or directory > > Yep, my fault, the port does not install the config file in > /usr/local/etc/pkg_add_it.conf > > I'll take care of adding it to the port :) Well, it was more of a general suggestion. I didn't even install the program - I just compiled and ran it. Nevertheless, I had to look at the source to figure out what the actual problem was. -Mark
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