Hi Jim, > Interestingly, at one point on FDPM we had considered adding > dependencies and post-install tasks a-la the RPM spec (%dependencies% > and %pre% and %post% sections after the "End" in the LSM.) But we > never followed up on it while I worked on FDPM.
The current implementation (by Blair) is that FDPKG looks for certain filenames in the zipped package. Those fixed-name files can describe: Things to do for updates (as a batch file, can for example delete the old EXE if the new version uses a COM), things for postinstall (batch), things for uninstall (batch afair) and dependencies (machine readable text file). > > \DISKCOPY.001 => %12\DISKCOPY.EXE > > (and in turn, %12 could be standarised to C:\FREEDOS\BIN by the > > packager program). I think that would be overdoing things. We should be happy if we get more downloads available in the fine existing fdpkg zip format for now :-). > 2. move the LSM file out of the zip file archive, and into the zip > file comment header. This makes it easier for programs built using zip > file tools to easily read the LSM header without having to unzip part > of the archive just to read a single APPINFO/______.LSM file. Is the comment header really easier to unzip than a file? I had the impression that zip libraries like for example the one used in htmlhelp focus on unzipping files to files or buffers anyway. I agree to 1. and 3. - we should stick to the existing and proven directory structure and LSM file format :-). Yet it would be okay to extend LSM, for example to have 2 fields for URLs, one for a general project page and one for the exact file download of the fdpkg (!) zip of this version. Eric :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
