Subject: Re: pkg_select upgrade
To: iMil <imil@home.imil.net>
From: Juan RP <juan@xtraeme.nopcode.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 03/16/2005 16:04:39
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:30:44 +0100 (CET)
iMil <imil@home.imil.net> wrote:

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> Hi pkgsrc crowd,
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> there have been lots of work on pkg_select since my last post. Many 
> ideas everyone gave are now part of this import to pkgsrc-wip.
> Among them :
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> . config file support
> . pine-like [o]ther commands submenu
> . default to show progress bars instead of shell output
>    - this is of course configurable if you prefer seeing console output
> . basic preference screen
> . Remy Chibois's readline-like popup handling
> . CVS checkout / update should be now fixed along with some improvements
> . Ability to browse pkgsrc and perform binary installs over a live
>    FTP link, i.e. without having pkgsrc installed on the system
>    - test it with :
>      pkg_select -l # will activate live-ftp, giving mirror choice
>      pkg_select -l -m # do not read Makefiles from FTP mirror
>      pkg_select -l [-m] -u ftp://some.pkgsrc/mirror
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> some changes are NetBSD-only related, but pkg_select still work on 
> FreeBSD. Don't know yet for Darwin and OpenBSD.
> 
> As always, tests and feedback are welcome. Latest version is available 
> from wip/pkg_select

Really cool IMil!