Mantis - pkg_get
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1011 regular use feature always 2005-06-15 20:55 2008-11-13 20:06
Reporter: T.Maier-Komor Platform:  
Assigned To: phil OS:  
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Summary: 0001011: RFE: make pkg_get compatible with flag -R of pkgadd
Description: It would be nice if one could select an alternative root directory for the installation of packages. This option is available in pkgadd with the command line parameter -R. Unfortunately passing such a flag to pkg_get via the config variable PKGADDFLAGS in pkg_get.conf does not do the trick, as this option is not passed to pkginfo during the check, if the package is already installed and all dependencies are fulfilled.
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Additional Information: This feature would be nice to have in a live upgrade environment, where blastwave packages could be installed on a shared slice as an alternate root path and lofs mounted to the boot environment. This solves the problem of keeping blastwave package metadata consistent across different boot environments.
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2008-11-13 20:05 philadmin Note Added: 0005381
2008-11-13 20:06 philadmin Note Added: 0005382

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(0005381)
philadmin   
2008-11-13 20:05   
Hmm. I revisited this request... unfortunately, since I use a "cheat" in package detection at some points, it requires more effort than just using PKGADDFLAGS. I will have to add a -R option to pkg-get itself.

I think this is a worthwhile effort, and I intend to do so in the future.
(0005382)
philadmin   
2008-11-13 20:06   
Until then, chroot should probably work for you, of course.