Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:13:39 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Atomic Beef <teddyg522@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: State of Provides/Requires Message-ID: <20160716151339.lvco3nmctrrk6h7s@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <CAK%2B0_cD%2B3E1buHURDNJd-RD_W0Hs=0enqXzag5K5VYizb5rkCw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAK%2B0_cD%2B3E1buHURDNJd-RD_W0Hs=0enqXzag5K5VYizb5rkCw@mail.gmail.com>
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--no3k4ezuqm3l23n5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 03:47:18PM -0400, Atomic Beef wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I was wondering what the state of provides/requires was. I found a couple > of issues on Github that mentioned the feature, ( > https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/1276 and > https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/805) but they are both over a year > old at this point. This is a crucial feature to binary package management, > not only because it saves disk space, but because it enhances security. F= or > example, any package depending on MySQL will usually choose to install > mysql56-client which is marked as vulnerable and will never be patched. Is > anyone currently working on implementing this? >=20 Provides/Requires has been added in pkg around 1.4 (iirc) They are not perfect and we would prefer to use what we call flexible dependencies instead. that said flexible dependencies are not any close to = be implemented. So I think we should use current provides/requires mechanism i= n the mean time. To use them the only issue in on the ports tree itself Best regards, Bapt --no3k4ezuqm3l23n5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJXik8jAAoJEGOJi9zxtz5aBBQQAJAl9cJvDFbEQu1W013yKBYe qEvfTsm50C8+QhS7XrfXfvy4QHwf1rik6sxzeaWbu9n3dnMZr+qL3vusNuWsDO7w 2Yb5W9/JqM7hZnttlZfCYXSuRrx0PlGNpdlZPF6dcYMVRrAlTIQjwvh5/lnm4DMt MsHkNjXCSflmup2Dre5etJjUxbuNHjVnzGQeZ4o0b5BRxqQsBzoSdW9AOYgXiW38 cKb3nBgCgk9Hwwt9G6DhBKqK+P808v6XOcQ8PfkfzcV3K5BA3q8Cu6EPRdVU9kKP +xj9XDhrTxXpakCOUhUc67IBaoXomzrF7cyiXr5Yazc0Y1fJLgYddNjCzz1mHKps M69wg+to4rHs5/waNGqXF1BeeGbnsddHvenhjpaZRuErYUFz0SKKOoRef4MfmHYj jMbzhwlLVV7/60jPJoXex7vRcsWnPStcN0W/dZvdvm/d2GH6+Ms6y+Ux5qb6fT6Y dSVkDVSTqAbMihQ/eX8l7U8ARLQkW9bMwdVPnM+VYiIH/onFKEyVGaUj5tl/+Ply DKJqULzYfTXP7QphDllN1BS2CCFvAv6Ng2y3rB4PCC0tzfOIB3evg228MYx+JQwM eY+p8Js46UHpFHSq/80eS13a8LAYMmzX1LK2CNTrRf9kq9HmSkr3K2h3Rx4rL1xJ mdjJy7pG4M4A0NN17JMs =4yh/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --no3k4ezuqm3l23n5--
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