Re: package system: questions, suggestions, alien
Steve Youngs writes:
|--==> "UB" == Uwe Brauer <oub(a)ucmail.ucm.es>
writes:
UB> 1. I want to download a new (let's say even a official) package to a
UB> temporary directory and install/update it from there. So I thought
UB> (pui-add-install-directory "~/tmp") would do the job, in the sense
UB> that pui-list-package would list my all the package contained in
UB> this directory and flag them as uninstall. This was not the case.
For that to work you also needed to download the
'package-index.LATEST.pgp' (.gpg if using XEmacs 21.5) as well. And
then you could:
Ah this was it. I think this information about downloading the
package-index.LATEST.pgp file in order to make an Installation from a
local directory, should be included in the manual and in the FAQ where
I cannot find it.
UB> 2. I want to list 3 party packages via pui-list-packages
[...]
UB> Maybe 3d party package are not meant to be controlled by pui? If
UB> so I consider this as a severe disadvantage!
At present, the XEmacs package system doesn't support 3rd party
packages (those not distributed by us). And I agree with you, it is a
huge disadvantage.
If it's any consolation, implementing support for 3rd party packages
is on my todo list. I'm not sure when I'll get it done, at this point
it is just a few random thoughts floating around the dark recesses of
my mind. :-)
Would it be helpful to have a hack which just would manage 3rd party
packages in .xemacs or .xemacs/xemacs-packages and then later try to
merge it into the 'main' package tool?
Uwe