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author | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@mandriva.org> | 2005-11-02 16:08:42 +0000 |
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committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@mandriva.org> | 2005-11-02 16:08:42 +0000 |
commit | baabd04d3ba7a4f73bf297d01b7d0820a1f2bde9 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/autoirpm.README b/autoirpm.README deleted file mode 100644 index dd341bec..00000000 --- a/autoirpm.README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ -* BUG - -emacs with xemacs causes pbs 'cuz same binaries. - -List of packages not to autoinstall: -- psacct -- the one containing netscape (just a wrapper) - - -ALL BELOW IS (was MAYBE, is COMPLETELY) OBSOLETE - - -The idea is to auto-install rpms on demand, when needed. For this, every -possible binaries that could exist (eg: /usr/bin/gimp, apropos shouldn't that be -/usr/X11R6/bin?) is created as a symlink to a script for installing the needed -packages. Not every package should be auto-installable. - -For the moment, it is very tied to a distribution. The package i've done is for -the mandrake-5.3, using another distribution could result in??? -The package is auto-generated given the different packages which will be -auto-installable. - -Advantages: it seems like you're having every packages installed, but without -consuming unneeded harddisk space. So if you never use gimp, it doesn't change -anything. The first time you call gimp, the package is installed (with the -needed required packages). - -Bad points: security? - - -INSTALLATION: -* rpm -i autoirpm-???.rpm -* optional (by default it takes /mnt/cdrom): - edit /etc/autoirpm/files to give the location of the rpms -* execute /usr/sbin/autoirpm-update - -TODO: -* links to progs are not autoinstalled -* automatic uninstall of unused packages :) (cron here) -* add an interactive mode (term, X...). -* maybe pb with ENV variables not completly the same (eg: "ksh" is not the same as "sh -c ksh")?? -* dependencies' versions -* wrapper around rpm needed (call autoirpm-install.pm on rpm -e) - -FUTURE: -* patch the kernel, so that if the open(2) (or maybe stat...) call fail, a -script is called that install the needed file. Interesting for headers (.h), -librairies (.so), man pages :)))) (crazy idea, but...) |