Thanks, this does clarify what goes on in an update. > The sage-update script gives an idea of how sage is upgraded from a > SAGE_SERVER: > - download the new install script > - download the new list file. The list file contains all spkgs with > their version numbers. It is from it that sage knows which packages > have been updated and why specifying version numbers for now is > necessary. > - download the new deps file > - download the newest_version script. newest_version determines the > latest version of an spkg you have installed locally.
Isn't newest_version already on the users system if they already have sage installed - it is usd to build sage in the first place. > - check the contents of your list file against your `ls > spkg/standard/`. Anything that is in list and not in the output of ls > is downloaded. Brian > didier > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
