On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Doug Barton wrote:
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Michel Talon wrote:
In my opinion, an example of a correct "pkg_upgrade" type programm
written in C++ is the Debian apt-get. It works predictably, fast,
etc. One of its features, that i consider very important for correct
operation, is that it computes the list of all packages to be deleted
and all packages to be installed and asks the user if he agrees
before doing anything.
Why do you consider this an important feature? (I'm not disagreeing,
just curious about your thought process here.)
Personally, I like to know everything that will happen before it
happens. When options change, I am not always sure what it will bring.
For example, I do not have HAL (WITHOUT_HAL via portconf) installed on
my system. Some ports may try to bring it in regardless of the setting;
I would like to see that first. In this case, I think portmaster -na
gives me an idea of what will happen.
Sean
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