From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <6aaf2d79af665bf1905db13e44e194e5@quanstro.net> Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 22:44:34 -0700 Message-ID: From: ron minnich To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: [9fans] nupas update Topicbox-Message-UUID: 242ab810-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Akshat Kumar wrote: > http://9grid.net/rminnich/src/package-tools/install no, it's not there, as I am not yet satisified with the right way to do this. > > - instead, there is a straight dircp. yes. > So, is this a thing you're developing personally? no, what you see is what I've got right now. It actually works quite well, and probably I should just create a /installed directory, but that was actually an afterthought. What do you recommend? > In consideration of your bind idea, remember: unimplemented because I could not quite get it to work. Example: I mount python.iso and do an Aki rbind -ra of /n/python/root / Well ... it just didn't want to work, somehow, although I forget why. I punted at that point and did the dircp, I just ran out of time. >I think you > can go a little further: the /installed/$i file on > disk can contain info for binding the installed > package onto /. Then, the /installed/$i file > resulting from the binds can contain removal > procedures. > > I'm not sure what would be the most comfortable > from a use perspective, but it's an idea.... I think it's worth trying out. I just don't have the time right now. So, if we just go with the dircp approach, and copy the files in, what I hear is missing so far: - I don't put the installed info into /installed; should I just go ahead and fix that? What else? ron