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| author | jlam <jlam> | 2003-09-09 09:13:20 +0000 |
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| committer | jlam <jlam> | 2003-09-09 09:13:20 +0000 |
| commit | 2336478bd10bc2738a886f8210dfb713bac063f9 (patch) | |
| tree | 329f3c75313a32db09e69dfd18e939ebf54118f5 /mk | |
| parent | 6bb7eff9da1191f2434844dac7e8178428b55c5e (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-2336478bd10bc2738a886f8210dfb713bac063f9.tar.gz | |
Note how package views is also similar to GNU Stow, but state clearly the
main difference in philosophy between package views and these other
software management systems.
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| -rw-r--r-- | mk/buildlink3/README | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/mk/buildlink3/README b/mk/buildlink3/README index 8eeef91f4aa..19699c9283c 100644 --- a/mk/buildlink3/README +++ b/mk/buildlink3/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$NetBSD: README,v 1.3 2003/09/08 10:36:02 jlam Exp $ +$NetBSD: README,v 1.4 2003/09/09 09:13:20 jlam Exp $ 0 Package Views =============== @@ -12,12 +12,18 @@ different views by appropriately setting shell environment variables, e.g., PATH, MANPATH, etc. Package views is similar in spirit to the Encap Package Management -System and to the Carnegie Mellon University Depot Configuration -Management system: +System, the GNU Stow Project, and the Carnegie Mellon University Depot +Configuration Management system: http://www.encap.org/ + http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/stow.html http://asg.web.cmu.edu/andrew2/depot/ +However, these projects have a philosophy of "install anywhere, use in +one place", whereas package views departs from that model with a +philosophy that can roughly be summarized as "install in one place, +use anywhere". + 0.1 A short history of package views ==================================== @@ -37,8 +43,8 @@ work into the main pkgsrc branch. The code he developed languished on the "pkgviews" branch for over a year, and in the meantime much code was added to pkgsrc that increased the complexity and the capabilities of pkgsrc, including buildlink2, which conflicted with Alistair's -implementation of package views. In July 2003, Johnny Lam attempted -to integrate the functionality on the pkgviews branch into modern +implementation of package views. In September 2003, Johnny Lam +integrated the functionality on the pkgviews branch into modern pkgsrc. As part of the integration, a new buildlink3 framework was created so that the the ability to isolate builds from differences in the environment wouldn't be lost. @@ -88,7 +94,7 @@ migrating their package system over to using pkgviews. The default, Some highlight of pkgviews packages include: * fully dynamic PLISTs - * multiple version of the same package can co-exist + * multiple versions of the same package can co-exist 0.4 buildlink3 pkgsrc build framework |