EPM Article #77: What Features are Planned for EPM 5.x?

Article #77: What Features are Planned for EPM 5.x?

15:13 Aug 05, 2007 by mike
EPM 5.x will add numerous new features, including: GUI list file editor [partially implemented] Relocatable packages Build-from-source (%build instructions) Support for libtool Better manpage installation support - specifically, add code to a


EPM 5.x will add numerous new features, including:

            

  • GUI list file editor [partially implemented]
  •         

  • Relocatable packages
  •         

  • Build-from-source (%build instructions)
  •         

  • Support for libtool
  •         

  • Better manpage installation support -
            specifically, add code to automatically locate the
            correct man directory for each file depending on the
            architecture
  •         

  • Support for dependency checking against vendor
            packages; that is, a portable package could check its
            dependencies against portable, RPM, Debian, etc.
            packages, rather than just packages of the same format
  •         

  • Support for checksums, probably using the "sum"
            command or something else suitably portable, to
            verify the tar files and installed files

You can access the current 5.x development code via <a href='svn.php#development'>Subversion.


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