Re: Ordering package install (was: Problem to upgrade (perl). (fwd))
On 29 Dec 1996, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm working on a tool that reads an Packages file, creates a
> directed graph of dependencies, and writes out an order to install
> the packages in (a topographical sort, which does circular dependency
> detection as a bonus). This can, then, be used by other tools that
> take a currently available deb files list, and do useful stuff like
> feed the list, in order, to dpkg, or to compile and install a full
> source tree. I'm prototyping in perl5, but may switch to C++ if perl
> turns out to be too slow. (Also, I need to practice atrophying C++
> skills).
>
> If anyone else is working on similar tools, please drop me a
> line. Unfortunately, with a new job requiring travel, the time I
> spend on this is highly fragmented.
>
This is great! I could use this in conjunction with DoList to very good
effect. I am also looking to convert DoList to C (it's currently a perl
script also).
I would be more than a little interested in working with you on this. It
should only take a little more work to take a sub-list (from a menu
interface) and validate the dependencies, adding necessary packages to
satisfy the dependencies and feed it to DoList.
Stay in touch,
Dwarf
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