* [Caml-list] opam and system packages @ 2012-11-15 6:51 Martin DeMello 2012-11-15 13:52 ` Thomas Gazagnaire 2012-11-15 14:22 ` Edgar Friendly 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Martin DeMello @ 2012-11-15 6:51 UTC (permalink / raw) To: OCaml List [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 156 bytes --] I run arch linux, and there are a lot of ocaml libraries in the distro's package repository. Is there any way to make opam interoperate with these? martin [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 195 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: [Caml-list] opam and system packages 2012-11-15 6:51 [Caml-list] opam and system packages Martin DeMello @ 2012-11-15 13:52 ` Thomas Gazagnaire 2012-11-15 14:22 ` Edgar Friendly 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Thomas Gazagnaire @ 2012-11-15 13:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Martin DeMello; +Cc: OCaml List > I run arch linux, and there are a lot of ocaml libraries in the distro's package repository. Is there any way to make opam interoperate with these? Currently no, because it would make upgrade of packages quite difficult to handle. -- Thomas ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: [Caml-list] opam and system packages 2012-11-15 6:51 [Caml-list] opam and system packages Martin DeMello 2012-11-15 13:52 ` Thomas Gazagnaire @ 2012-11-15 14:22 ` Edgar Friendly 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Edgar Friendly @ 2012-11-15 14:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: caml-list On 11/15/2012 1:51 AM, Martin DeMello wrote: > I run arch linux, and there are a lot of ocaml libraries in the > distro's package repository. Is there any way to make opam > interoperate with these? > > martin The much simpler odb.ml does not keep its own list of installed packages, so will interact cleanly with existing installations. That said, it's not too difficult to just tell opam to install a new OCaml with new copies of all your current libraries. E. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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