From: John Johnson <jj5412@...>
Date: 2003-04-08T10:24:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Call for standardised package installation procedure

On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 03:47, Tom Payne wrote:
> John Johnson <jj5412@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<1049655145.1847.10.camel@hppav.home.net>...
> > ruby -rcran -e shell
> > cran> install foofoo
> >   Retrieving foofoo...
> >   foofoo requires bitbang
> >   foofoo requires barbar
> >   barbar requires snickdorfer
> >   foofoo requires quantos 1.2.3 currently you have 1.2.2, updating
> >   blantic 2.0.4 is not compatible with quantos 1.2.3, updating to 2.1.3
> >   installing...
> >   finished
> 
> As I package maintainer I don't want this (although I have no problem
> with others using this facility). I want:
> 
> 1. consistent installation procedure
> 2. ability to install to a 'fake' directory, e.g.
>      make DESTDIR=/somewhere/random install
>    this is so I can then build a package with the files that would be
> installed.
> 
Well, since I'm dreaming, just add:
ruby -rcran -e shell
cran> package mypackage 1.12.3
      dependencies resolved, package is
      mypackage-1.12.3.tar.gz
cran> publish mypackage-1.12.3 at raa.ruby-lang.org
      package published, docs published
cran> ftp mypackage-1.12.3 to ftp.ruby-rocks.org
      finished

Regards,
  JJ

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