On Monday 06 April 2009 01:50, Jim Hall wrote: > I once had an idea that we should put an LSM header/comment in the zip > file. If the FD package tool saw an LSM there, it would know the zip > file was really a FD pkg and not a third-party zip file.
Hi Jim! We already may check that, simply looking wheter there is a \appinfo\*.lsm file or not. The idea was rather to make a difference between "FreeDOS packages containing system files, like format" and "FreeDOS packages containing some other apps, like Arachne". Something in a concept similar to RPM packages :-) As of today, we have no such possibility, as our packages are all unzipped in %DOSDIR%\, which is IMHO a not-so-good idea for third party applications... Say, I have FreeDOS installed on C:\FREEDOS. When I install a FreeDOS package containing a non-system application (like Arachne, or SEAL), I would prefer if it was unzipped, say, in D:\APPS\ instead. Why would it be better to package "normal" (non-system) applications into FreeDOS packages? Well... for the simple reason to get big advantages which we all know from RPM. For example, I install MPXPLAY v1.0 during my FreeDOS install, then, after 3 months, there comes a MPXPLAY 1.1. All I would have to do is launch FDUPDATE to happily update the thing. :-) Or, say that after 3 months I would like to get a MIDI player as well. All I would have to do is launch "FDUPDATE /NEW", browser the list of packages to find a MIDI player which pleases me, and install it. Or maybe am I just dreaming? :-) Best regards, Mateusz -- You'll find my public OpenPGP key at http://www.viste-family.net/mateusz/pub_key
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