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On Saturday 07 July 2007, Kent Fredric wrote: |
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> Implementation details wise, I would like to see packages have |
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> possibly 2 functions, |
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> 1: Info, and 2: Check. |
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> Reason Being that you wont be able to fetch installation status info |
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> on a package thats not installed, and if a package is failing to |
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> install, you're more likely wanting to check the status of the things |
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> it depends on, not the package itself. |
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i dont really understand what you're going for here ... the point was to get |
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extended information on things that are installed ... i dont know what you'd |
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want/expect for trying to query packages that arent installed |
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> Check would contain manual tests for a given package, thats either |
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> installed or not installed ,as well as names of packages to run info |
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> on. |
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> Info would be more usefull in diagnosing mis-installed packages or |
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> packages that failed to run properly despite being compiled and |
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> installed without a hitch ( it happens ) |
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sounds like you're duplicating the point of src_test() but without any real |
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way of quantifying it or making it useful to coordinate things ... please |
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expound on what you're going for because i'm just not seeing it ... |
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-mike |
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