| Function | Tasks |
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| Download |
- Get the files from URLs found in a descriptor. This includes external patches.
- Place the files in a local repository. Files should not overwrite
any previous version or files from other packages.
- Files can also come from a CVS or similar repository .
|
| Unpack |
- Unpack the files corresponding to a package release into a working directory. This includes
patches (but we should be able to select which ones).
|
| Build |
- Cope with non-standard procedures, such as java or binary packages (no build).
- Dependencies and the ./configure script.
- Different needs: cross-compiling, merge into system, make chroot system, /packages versus /.
|
| Install |
- Preserve configuration information
- Some packages can be installed more than once (slotted).
- Virtual packages (webserver, mailserver ...).
- Package information database formats.
- Init and cron tasks
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| Uninstall |
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