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First pkg_dry milestone
Hi list,
as said here a couple of days ago, I'm writing an apt/yum-like software
for NetBSD. This software, called pkg_dry ("dry" as "without pkgsrc"),
aims to be a binary package manager relying on pkg_summary(5), permitting
to install, remove and upgrade packages and dependencies using a remote
repository.
As of today, pkg_dry is capable of handling these operations :
. package + dependencies installation
. package + reverse dependencies removal
. package + dependencies upgrade
Plus convenient features to display direct dependencies, reverse
dependencies and full dependency tree.
I've been more or less the only tester, since pkg_dry still contained
debug-related code that made its usage painful.
As you may understand, I think it is now time for the software to be
tested more widely, and on more (and possibly slower).
Pkg_dry is _not_ finished, still many things must be done in order to
compete with its Linux equivalents, here's a short-term TODO I have in
mind :
. lots of testing
. disk space before download
. add the ability to operate on more than one package at the command line
. an "autoremove" feature to delete orphan dependencies
. multiple repositories handling
. write a manpage :)
The first milestone of pkg_dry is available at
http://imil.net/NetBSD/pkg_dry-20090414.tgz
Pkg_dry only depends on databases/sqlite3. It is known to build on
NetBSD 5.0 and current. To build it under NetBSD 4.0, you'll need also
archivers/libarchive and net/libfetch.
As the software is not yet "productized", some steps still need to be done
manually :
. create the database and cache repository
# mkdir -p /var/db/pkg_dry/cache
. set the initial database
#
PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.fr.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/i386/5.0/All;
export PKG_PATH
# pkg_dry -u
Here's a data that I may want to know: how long does the database build
take on your architecture ? On an Athlon 1600+, time, including
pkg_summary download, indicates about 15 seconds.
From here you can test installation :
# pkg_dry -i <package>
Where <package> is the PKGPATH name of the package without category, i.e.
:
# pkg_dry -i apache
or
# pkg_dry -i apache2
or
# pkg_dry -i apache22
To list available packages and their correct names :
# pkg_dry -a
To list installed packages
# pkg_dry -l
To remove a package and it's reverse dependencies :
# pkg_dry -r <package>
Removal order should be ok for pkg_delete.
Package upgrade :
# pkg_dry -i <package>
for example :
# pkg_dry -i apache2
[...]
# pkg_dry -i apache22
Direct dependencies are shown using the following flag :
# pkg_dry -d <package>
Full dependency tree for a package :
# pkg_dry -t <package>
Reverse dependencies for an installed package :
# pkg_dry -T <package>
Do not hesitate to send me bug reports, feedback and maybe ideas so the
software can be used by everyone to handle binary packages on its NetBSD
system.
Best regards,
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Emile "iMil" Heitor <imil%home.imil.net@localhost>
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