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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