[CLUE-Cert] package managers

Dennis J Perkins djperkins at americanisp.net
Wed Oct 15 16:59:15 MDT 2003


> Dennis J Perkins wrote:
> 
> [...]
> >      Personally, I'm interested in creating a package manager and build 
engine 
> > just to learn how it's done.  I like to know how and why my tools
> > work.
> 
> Can't you just take one apart and study it?  Or should you be building 
> your own kernel first ;-)
> 
> I'm very interested in how things work.  I'm not so interested in 
> reinventing the wheel to find out.  No criticism though, I'm just 
> talkative today.
> 
> Dave

Building a simple package manager isn't that hard.  Adding support for multiple 
architectures, patches, etc., is where the complications come
in.




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