Re: Darwin softwareupdate?

On May 12, 2005, at 4:14 PM, John Smith wrote:
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> On May 12, 2005, at 10:35 PM, Kevin Van Vechten wrote:
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>> On May 12, 2005, at 9:26 AM, Michael Dexter wrote:
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>>> Any takers for part two of my question? Is the only option to  
>>> build new components using darwinbuild?
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>> At this time, yes.  I'd be interested in trying to set up some  
>> sort of software update mechanism via OpenDarwin.  But we'll  
>> undoubtedly need to smooth out some DarwinBuild issues first.
>>
> Why not to integrate darwinbuild in darwinports? Is it possible? or  
> will be possible in the future?

For Panther (Darwin 7.0.1) I attempted this, but it's non-trivial.   
Building Darwin has many specific requirements that are not easily  
addressed by DarwinPorts, and DarwinBuild is specialized for this task.

It's not a lost cause though, these are really complimentary  
technologies, and I suspect we'll see some convergence in the future.

- Kevin