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  • From: <keesan2 AT cyberspace.org>
  • To: <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Debian packages and busybox
  • Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 13:19:22 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 12 May 2003 qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

But I have these packages files and I have been installing with
installpkg, not once have I installed with pkgtool. Installpkg also tries
to run an installation script but sometimes it cannot find one because it
is not there. (I get some message about not finding doinstall.sh?) I find
it much easier just to type installpkg filename.tgz than to plow through a
bunch of menus that I cannot even read in mono.

> keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> >
> > /var/log/packages lists all the packages that
> > were installed
>
> pkgtool creates those files. If you use tar to install
> packages, nothing will appear in /var/log/packages
> (nor will the installation script be run). That's
> why I thought it was important for BasicLinux to
> provide the full pkgtool utility.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
>
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