[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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