Tushar Teredesai wrote:
>
> If you want, you can install the package manager as a package
> controlled by the package manager. Since the package manager in the
> package user's approach does not have any build dependencies (only
> run-time dependencies) it can be the first package to be installed
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Mike McCarty wrote:
>
> One slightly confusing point, though, is why the package management
> tools don't get installed using the package user philosophy. Why
> aren't the tools themselves installed into the chroot environment
> using the temporary tools in /tools?
Support wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote:
>> That's what I mentioned in the first message, which I didn't make
>> clear, I guess. In between Chapters 5 and 6, one would
>> build & install in /tools a temporary copy of the manager. Then, after
>> the initial setup in Chapter 6, the first package built &
Mike McCarty wrote:
> That's what I mentioned in the first message, which I didn't make
> clear, I guess. In between Chapters 5 and 6, one would
> build & install in /tools a temporary copy of the manager. Then, after
> the initial setup in Chapter 6, the first package built & intalled
> would be t
Support wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote:
>> That's what I'm asking about. I guess I wasn't clear. I don't understand
>> why the first package installed in Chapter 6, per the Hint, is
>> libc-headers instead of the package manager. ISTM that the first
>> package installed in the "real" system, that is t
Mike McCarty wrote:
> That's what I'm asking about. I guess I wasn't clear. I don't understand
> why the first package installed in Chapter 6, per the Hint, is
> libc-headers instead of the package manager. ISTM that the first
> package installed in the "real" system, that is the chroot environment
Support wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote:
>> I've been at the end of Chapter 5 pondering package management,
>> and have finally decided to give the package user method a try.
>> I don't like overburdening /etc/passwd with a lot of junk entries,
>> but then the benefits look pretty good. In fact, it loo
Mike McCarty wrote:
> I've been at the end of Chapter 5 pondering package management,
> and have finally decided to give the package user method a try.
> I don't like overburdening /etc/passwd with a lot of junk entries,
> but then the benefits look pretty good. In fact, it looks like
> a good idea
I've been at the end of Chapter 5 pondering package management,
and have finally decided to give the package user method a try.
I don't like overburdening /etc/passwd with a lot of junk entries,
but then the benefits look pretty good. In fact, it looks like
a good idea even if another package manag
