From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-bk0-f47.google.com ([209.85.214.47]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SFNWR-0003Xq-09 for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:33:03 +0200 Received: by bkcjg15 with SMTP id jg15so103692bkc.6 for ; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:23:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-gm-message-state; bh=l5paycF/RCncFpFrMTAFTMwvB+J3jwEeJiecdcnZuZI=; b=bKQBEdD5Nr/mc8NqYiJ5N8rBaSAz+sT1ojmdwxOs3Et5lRjBe2hME7SDKbEVsk1rsL AwdN3aX3/UuBQyABe9tjeXKHeCcM8WiYXikeX+esPng/jkPGBAzT+p8GoXGvdpKXzex5 FsB55F0DDmAIeP2KowOyJJqxUndRUYt9m+ugpInrrqgNMfRAWtb0U4Jac+1e9XoG04+r F7cdY66f2msQbYDvYdP6mFl1XpFLLnZhibYENGVDMyF1kgXALlKeaAQDUjUipgs9c3ZR lR6Mw+g1HGTXS2CxuFV5UMa23nMfGY2aEFuCa7c5JUj2fqEa7Nw05dWOSCbhTlGs9CyZ SMAQ== Received: by 10.204.154.139 with SMTP id o11mr7021868bkw.4.1333535032526; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:23:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mobil-400-586.intern.dresearch.de (pd95cbf07.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [217.92.191.7]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x4sm673616bkv.8.2012.04.04.03.23.51 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:23:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4F7C2135.6040904@dresearch-fe.de> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:23:49 +0200 From: Steffen Sledz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120328 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer References: <4F7B38C7.6010909@mlbassoc.com> <4F7B3B8C.6000200@windriver.com> <4F7B3C75.5030200@mlbassoc.com> <4F7B3EAE.2000301@windriver.com> In-Reply-To: <4F7B3EAE.2000301@windriver.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk3hSkD0Zzad4Czio9MvijypaBL8UTpmr0AKAl4CAQJ+JkdQcWyALdEr3MsRKGLFIFTtf5c Subject: Re: Schizophrenic package management X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:33:03 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 03.04.2012 20:17, Mark Hatle wrote: > On 4/3/12 1:07 PM, Gary Thomas wrote: > ... > (And RedHat based linux distributions don't have any concept of alternatives. > They generally decide which binary package will provide the functionality > and that is the defacto standard for a given release. OE on the other hand > is closer to Debian based systems in that regard. We can build multiple > packages that may provide the same functionality, then it's up to the > package install time to determine which version of the functionality is > used as the default.) FYI: openSUSE 12.1 (rpm-based) uses Name : update-alternatives Version : 1.15.8.10 Release : 9.1.2 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: Fri Nov 18 12:16:48 2011 Group : System/Management Size : 67090 License : GPLv2+ Signature : RSA/SHA256, Sat Oct 29 12:13:51 2011, Key ID b88b2fd43dbdc284 Source RPM : update-alternatives-1.15.8.10-9.1.2.src.rpm Build Date : Sat Oct 29 12:13:28 2011 Build Host : build16 Relocations : (not relocatable) Packager : http://bugs.opensuse.org Vendor : openSUSE URL : http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/ Summary : Maintain symbolic links determining default commands Description : update-alternatives creates, removes, maintains and displays information about the symbolic links comprising the alternatives system. It is possible for several programs fulfilling the same or similar functions to be installed on a single system at the same time. For example, many systems have several text editors installed at once. This gives choice to the users of a system, allowing each to use a different editor, if desired, but makes it difficult for a program to make a good choice of editor to invoke if the user has not specified a particular preference. Distribution: openSUSE 12.1 > ... Steffen -- DResearch Fahrzeugelektronik GmbH Otto-Schmirgal-Str. 3, 10319 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 30 515932-237 mailto:sledz@dresearch-fe.de Fax: +49 30 515932-299 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Michael Weber, Werner Mögle; Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg; HRB 130120 B; Ust.-IDNr. DE273952058