[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #11466: Package management: define the install location
- From: "bonefish" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 05:47:21 -0000
#11466: Package management: define the install location
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Reporter: Giova84 | Owner: bonefish
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Servers/package_daemon | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by bonefish):
Defining a default installation location would just be confusing IMO, but
if I understand your argument correctly, you're actually proposing a
required installation location. We have gone to great length to ensure
that it is generally possible to build location independent packages. A
"home" installation location requirement would just encourage incorrectly
built packages IMO. At least I can't think of any reason why a package
would need to be installed there other than having hard-coded absolute
paths to home. Which is something that should fixed rather than worked
around.
A "system" installation location requirement could be useful, though. E.g.
a package with a kernel driver needs to be installed in "system". We do
already have a system package flag (`B_PACKAGE_FLAG_SYSTEM_PACKAGE`). Its
semantics is a bit fuzzy. It is [https://dev.haiku-
os.org/wiki/PackageManagement/FileFormat#B_HPKG_ATTRIBUTE_ID_PACKAGE_FLAGSpackage:flags
documented] as indicating a package being installed under "/boot/system".
HaikuDepot -- the only code that checks it ATM -- interprets it somewhat
differently, though (as a package that makes up part of the system (and
thus cannot be uninstalled)). We need to clarify the semantics. If we go
with the stricter HaikuDepot semantics (stricter because it would also
imply the installation location), the installation location of a package
that itself is not a system package could be enforced by declaring a
system package (e.g. the "haiku" package) as a base package.
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