purely package-based/oriented solution

[Pav Lucistnik]

Andriy Gapon píše v út 22. 04. 2008 v 22:41 +0300:
> Sorry if this is something obvious or a FAQ.
> 
> Is there a tool for purely package-based management of third-party software?
> That is, something that meets the following criteria:
> 1. doesn't require ports tree
> 2. works similarly to package installation in FreeBSD installer
> 3. can properly handle upgrading packages (including dependencies)
> 4. can check remote package repositories and, based on timestamp or
> INDEX, can find new versions for installed packages
> 5. can verify that all dependencies would be met before downloading all
> packages in full (e.g. based on INDEX data or can download initial
> blocks of packages, so that package metadata could be extracted and
> examined).

portupgrade should be able to do 1-4, I don't know if 5 too.

-- 
Pav Lucistnik <pav at oook.cz>
              <pav at FreeBSD.org>
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