Subject: Re: Why pkgsrc "sucks"
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: pancake <pancake@phreaker.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 08/24/2005 23:51:54
> * Software for reliably upgrading binary packages is limited because
> no tools to use properly recorded usage of shared libraries (because
> of open-ended dependencies).
this is slightly fixed by wip/apstget, using the "relink" command
pancake@pl2:~$ apstget
Usage: /usr/pkg/bin/apstget [action] [pkgtargets...]
Actions:
install - install/update selected packages.
upgrade - update the selected packages and solves dependencies.
dist-upgrade - update the entire system.
remove - remove the selected packages.
update - update the pkgsrc/-wip tree.
relink - try to solve all broken libs.
clean - clean all build directories.
autoclean - remove all outdated distfiles.
orphan - list orphaned packages.
show - show DESCR of target package.
check - Checks MD5s of pkg files.
Variables (environ|/usr/pkg/etc/apstget.conf):
CLEAN_BUILD=1, INTERACTIVE=1, QUITE=0, IGNORE_ERRORS=0
UPDATE_METHOD=cvs, UPDATE_ARGS, GET_FIRST=0, PREFERED
BUILD_PACKAGES=0, SKIP_LICENSES=0
VERSION=20050301
pancake@pl2:~$
it works fine for me, all updates I do are using ${MAKE} replace, and relinking inverse dependencies of the library against the binaries and libraries that require the symbols.
Obviously, this is just a little hack, because, some updates requires an entire rebuild of dependencies (new symbols, etc)