Fwd: Packaging tools unification

[Molot]

On 5/20/05, Carlos Parra <cparra at emergya.info> wrote:
> apt-cache
> apt-get               =     apt ???
> dpkg-reconfigure
>
> Nooo! I couldn't be mixed.
Agree :D

> apt-cache:= it's useful for "have a look" at the cache of the system. It
> doesn't modify the system, just give information.
So admin can allow users to use it without a fear.

> apt-get:= A line-command tool to manage packages.
> dpkg-reconfigure:= reconfigure an already installed package.
So only admin should be able to do that.

Mixing it would make it impossible for a normal user to look on
packages or for admin to control installed packages. Both sound like a
really bad idea for me.

> Anyway, a wrapper could be done easy.
This is the only reasonable solution imho :)


> On jue, 2005-05-19 at 23:08 +0200, MadMan2k wrote:
> > I just crashed my xserver by upgrading breezy and had to work with the
> > console instead of synaptic.
> > And this is when I noticed how circumstantial it actually is to be
> > forced to use a bunch of tools to manage
> > the packages;
> >
> > You've got apt-cache for searching, apt-get for reprository install dpkg
> > for offline install, dpkg-reconfigure for customising aso.
> > IMO it would be much more comfortable to have just apt for everything.
> > (including repro support for local packages)
> >
> > the syntax could look like that:
> > apt search <package>
> > apt install <package>
> > apt reconfigure <package>
> >
> > it should be quite easy to achieve this by simply adding some wrapping
> > layer - although a real unification would be
> > more efficient.
> >
> > m2k
> >
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