Re: [Trinux-talk] I need help please ...

[Matthew F. <mf...@ci...>]

> I think I may have missed the point....
>
> How do you know the package did not install?  Many of them install
> quietly, and only leave behind the installed executables.
>
> Getpkg depends on a network connection, I think.  The CDROM image has some
> problems establishing a net connection (I just do it by hand), and doesn't
> seem to find it's own packages..  :-(
>
> Ok, I had a quick look, the CDROM support appears to need work.
>

I agree. I am in the process of rewriting the linuxrc to improve
hardware/boot probing (did trinux boot from a floppy or CD-ROM) and
package discovery (where are the packages)

I have also rewritten the network configuration scripts which I know
performed irregularly on CD boots

I also think it is confusing to have both a pkgadd (for local retrieval)
and getpkg (remote retrieval). I have written a rmpkg that deletes a
packages files. No dependency checking or anything fancy like that.

What I'm thinking about doings is having a variable on the boot device
\tux\config\pkgsrc that specifies where the packages should be loaded from
(network/CDROM/local filesystem) if this variable is *not* found trinux
will search likely places (\trinux directories and/or network)

Thoughts?

-mdf