On 06/26/12 12:42, Matthew Seaman wrote:
What I anticipate will often happen is installing some port, finding out
that some part is missing, install the missing part, repeat that several
times.
I just hope I'm wrong (and again, it is at all possible that I am wrong
here).
Yes, you raise a valid point. Should you have to compile and maybe
reinstall all of php5 just to add some extra modules? Clearly not.
This isn't going to be a problem for people that use binary packages,
because they can just download and install the extra module from the
standard pkg repositories on the net.
What about people that want to compile their own? They certainly should
not be relegated to second-class citizens even in this bright new dawn
of pkgng. Well, part of the answer is under development:
http://wiki.freebsd.org/ports/StageDir
With this, you can create packages without having to install them. You
can equally well create sub-packages without having to install them.
So, you might compile all of the php5 sub-packages, but only install
some of them. The rest you keep stashed away somewhere, so that when
you suddenly discover a pressing need to add php5-shiny to your existing
collection of php-related bits, it's just a matter of 'pkg add php5-shiny'.
I'm not sure I undestood correctly (from this and other posts); please
correct me if I'm wrong:
_ the whole thing is aimed at packages; I won't be able to install ports
directly, but I'll get an intermediate step that creates packages
automatically;
_ in the PHP example, I will create lots of subpackages, but I will
eventually install only some;
_ I can keep the packages somewhere, so I can install them later.
Well, if I'm correct, the above will be a no go for me: lots of my
customer's servers are tight on disk space and they won't spend for new
storage. So this will mean I won't be able to use ports anymore and I'll
need to download packages directly?
bye & Thanks
av.
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