pktools replacement (was: Package managers)

[gapan]

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Directory var/log/setup/tmp/ has no read permssions

No idea what that dir is for though.

I still don't think that we should keep the original tools in the package. I don't think anyone is ever going to use them, nobody will really know they are there unless they look in the package contents. I guess that if someone wants to use the original pkgtools, he will just get the package from slackware. But since you insist on keeping them, no problem.

[gapan]

Found a problem. Installing txz packages the entry in /var/log/packages has a txz extension.

[thenktor]

Found a problem. Installing txz packages the entry in /var/log/packages has a txz extension.

I've sent a bug report to the developer.

[thenktor]

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Directory var/log/setup/tmp/ has no read permssions

No idea what that dir is for though.

Taken from the original SlackBuild:
chmod 700 $startdir/pkg/var/log/setup/tmp

No idea what's this for.

I still don't think that we should keep the original tools in the package. I don't think anyone is ever going to use them, nobody will really know they are there unless they look in the package contents. I guess that if someone wants to use the original pkgtools, he will just get the package from slackware. But since you insist on keeping them, no problem.

I don't insist on it, but I think it's no problem to have them. The spkg preload thing is untested and it can't be bad to have a working fallback solution.

[thenktor]

Found a problem. Installing txz packages the entry in /var/log/packages has a txz extension.

Patched version uploaded. But you have to use slack-upgradepkg to reinstall packages that have the txz extension in /var/log/packages.

[gapan]

I think spkg-pkgtools should be tgz instead of txz.

[Shador]

gapan wrote:
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Directory var/log/setup/tmp/ has no read permssions

No idea what that dir is for though.

Taken from the original SlackBuild:
chmod 700 $startdir/pkg/var/log/setup/tmp

No idea what's this for.

Afaik it's used during install time. The installer stores there all?/?some temporary files and sg2conf puts its there too.

[gapan]

thenktor, you were absolutely right about keeping a copy of the original pkgtools inside the package. Just found a case where spkg won't work.
If two different versions of a package are installed, spkg can't remove either one of them, even if specifying the full path in /var/log/packages, slack-removepkg will remove the 1st one and then the 2nd one if it is run again, and whichever you choose if you specify the full path!

[JRD]

OK. Maybe this could be reported back to spkg developer, or maybe another patch ?

[thenktor]

OK. Maybe this could be reported back to spkg developer, or maybe another patch ?

I've sent the bug report.