Re: Autopackage installation systemwide/local

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Isak Savo <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Hylke Donker <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Isak Savo <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > No, there are no such argument. And frankly, why would there be one?
> > >
> > > It's the user that is making the installation, and if that user wishes
> > > to install as root, (s)he can:
> > >  a) run as root directly (sudo/su -c)
> > > or
> > >  b) enter the password when asked for by autopackage
> >
> > I have autopackage embedded in my program(the frontend is intergrated in
> my
> > program). I know whether the user chose to install a package system-wide
> or
> > local, but I wanted my patches to be properly installed. For example, if
> the
> > user chose to install the package locally, I don't want the user to
> install
> > the patch system-wide.
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you mean with patches. Are they
> upgrades of existing packages or are they separate packages (different
> rootname) that are installed "on top" of already existing packages?


They are seperate packages that are installed ontop of existing packages,
since I didn't know a better way to install updates.


>
>
> In any case, since you have the frontend embedded (did you develop one
> yourself or are you using one of ours?),


I developed my own, inspired by your frontend. If your interested:
http://cvs.codeyard.net/svn/StoomBoot/src/client/bin/AutopackageFrontend.py
You have to scroll to ~ 50 % of the file to get to the real frontend code.


> you could at least force a
> system wide install by making the user run the installer through sudo.


I would like the user to also be able to install the packages locally
instead of only system-wide.


>
>
> Autopackage does some sanity checking when upgrading packages. It is
> for instance not possible to upgrade a system wide installed package
> with one installed as a user.
>
> I'm starting to see a use case here for your request though... I'm
> just wondering whether a command line switch is the best option or if
> it should be controllable by the frontend somehow.
>
> -Isak
>
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