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playground:package-messages [2018/03/12 20:03] – [RedHat/Fedora/CentOS-based Systems] jeffplayground:package-messages [2018/03/12 20:08] – [Overview] jeff
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 ===== Overview ===== ===== Overview =====
  
-At present, ''opkg'' and the package-generation system does not provide a formal way to display messages about the package to end users. +At present, ''opkg'' and the package-generation system does not provide a formal way to display //messages// about the package to end users. It does include a package //description//.
  
-Other package-management systems, such as ''dpkg'' on Debian-like systems, and ''pkg'' on FreeBSD-like systems provide a "package message" that can be viewed before installation, as well as displayed on installation.+''pkg'' on FreeBSD-like systems provide a "package message" that can be viewed before installation, as well as displayed on installation
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 +It is not clear that ''dpkg'' or the RPM Package manager provide a similar facility.
  
 This page is a work-in-progress to define the use cases and success criteria for any future development of such a facility. At the time of this writing (March, 2018), there is not a schedule for such development. This page is a work-in-progress to define the use cases and success criteria for any future development of such a facility. At the time of this writing (March, 2018), there is not a schedule for such development.
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 ==== RedHat/Fedora/CentOS-based Systems ==== ==== RedHat/Fedora/CentOS-based Systems ====
  
-RedHat, Fedora, and their derivatives use the [[https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/5/html/deployment_guide/ch-rpm|RPM Package Manager]]. The details of the package are generally [[http://ftp.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-build-creating-spec-file.html|specified in a ''.spec'' file]]. The ''.spec'' file contains a "Description" section.+RedHat, Fedora, and their derivatives use the [[https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/5/html/deployment_guide/ch-rpm|RPM Package Manager]]. The details of the package are generally [[http://ftp.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-build-creating-spec-file.html|specified in a ''.spec'' file]]. The ''.spec'' file contains a "Description" section in the "human readable" preamble.
  
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