Re: problem with local packages taking precedence over global and (an apparent) solution

[Sergei Steshenko]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Carnë Draug <address@hidden>
> To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 1:25 PM
> Subject: Re: problem with local packages taking precedence over global and 
> (an apparent) solution

> 
> Hi Sergei,
> 
> we have been trying to fix many things on the pkg system (one of them
> being the code complexity). A few of the subfunctions have already
> been removed or simplified and made into separate files in a private
> directory. If you update your repository for the default branch, can
> you try a fix for those? At the moment it is like this
> http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/file/1e77f6078692/scripts/pkg
> 
> Thanks,
> Carnë
>

I do _not_ build development versions - my tool uses the standard

./configure
make
make check
make install

sequence.

I am _not_ interested in trying any new code before I see the spec. I.e. one 
has first to define package system requirements and, specifically, describe 
various scenarios of local <-> global packages relationships.

Think, for example, about package installation prefix - I think this is 
conceptually broken. Maybe I'll write a separate Email on this.

Regards,
  Sergei.