[haiku-development] Re: Couple of questions about PM
- From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 01:48:02 +0200
On 10/06/2013 05:31 AM, John Scipione wrote:
I just got package management to work for the first time, so, I've got
a couple of questions.
1. When I try to install an application from a .pkg file, it doesn't
work presumably because it's trying to write to /boot/home/config.
What's the work-around? Can we perhaps change the package installer
app to write to /boot/home/config/non-packaged instead?
I suppose so. Alternatively maybe it could create a HPKG and activate that.
2. Does the package manager provide a means for requiring the user to
agree to a license as a pre-requisite for installing a package? I'm
thinking to create a package to install MS Web Fonts, but, to install
them you must first agree to an EULA.
The package format supports a B_PACKAGE_FLAG_APPROVE_LICENSE flag, but
so far the package managers ignore it. I'm also not quite sure whether a
global flag per package is sufficient, or whether this might be needed
per license. Or maybe there even needs to be a text separate from the
license?
3. Now that /boot/common/ is gone, /boot/system/ is where software for
all users is intended to go, but, creating a folder or writing
anything in there causes Tracker to throw up a nasty warning dialog,
can we relax that a bit?
I'm sure we can. :-)
CU, Ingo
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