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authorjoerg <joerg@pkgsrc.org>2009-02-02 12:34:59 +0000
committerjoerg <joerg@pkgsrc.org>2009-02-02 12:34:59 +0000
commitd7cc6db11bfefd0006364a122a40572d9eb9b739 (patch)
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Merge pkg_install-20090201 from pkg_install-renovation branch.
- DB support is always included from libnbcompat if needed - pkg_view and linkfarm are not installed any more; they are not moved into the attic yet, so they can easily be installed as separte package - common configuration file to customise the behavior of various components; this supersedes the old audit-packages.conf - support for PKSC7 signatures (using X509 certs) and GPG signatures for packages in a secure way. See pkg_admin(8) for how to create them and pkg_install.conf(5) for the options to use them - audit-packages and download-vulnerability-list are wrapper scripts around pkg_admin. They try to mimic the classic options if used sanely. "pkg_admin audit" is now an order of magnitude faster than before - pkg_add uses libarchive and libfetch instead of external ftp and tar: - progress bar is currently missing for downloads - "pkg_add -" is no longer supported - no adhoc check for conficts between dependencies and already installed packages - "pkg_add -s" has been replaced with an option in pkg_install.conf, verification of plain detached GPG signatures is no longer supported - optional check for vulnerabilities before adding a package - if /var and /usr/pkg are on different fileystems it is twice as fast now - conflicts due to overlapping plists are checked before installation - pkg_add no longer plays with the process limits - pkg_add and pkg_delete have a new destdir option; scripts have to either be modified to use PKG_DESTDIR or should be disabled - pkg_add -u for now can't be used to update to the exact same version - internal "rm -rf" and "mkdir_p" code - all memory allocation failures are not explicitly fatal - if a file is not removed due to a failed checksum, still remove the entry from pkgdb
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diff --git a/pkgtools/pkg_install/DESCR b/pkgtools/pkg_install/DESCR
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@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ from around the globe.
The following tools are included:
-audit-packages audit installed packages for security vulnerabilities
-download-vulnerability-list download the latest vulnerabilities list
pkg_add install and upgrade binary packages
pkg_admin perform various pkgsrc administrative tasks
pkg_create create software package distributions
@@ -14,3 +12,8 @@ pkg_delete delete installed packages
pkg_info display information about installed or binary packages
pkg_view manage package views
linkfarm manage symbolic links for package views
+
+For the following tools compatibility wrappers are included:
+
+audit-packages audit installed packages for security vulnerabilities
+download-vulnerability-list download the latest vulnerabilities list