apk --help will list the generic options only and give a list of commands
To get the details for a spefic command, 'apk command --help' should be used.
By locking all the given dependendencies for virtual packages first
we can catch invalid deps and report those. This is alot more helpful
than just reporting "Unable to install <virutalpkg>"
implements 'apk add --virutal metaname dep1 dep2...' where metaname will
be an empy meta package with dep1 and dep2 as dependencies.
This is useful to prevent abuild to add each makedepend to world which
causes some headache when it comes to unintalling them after sucessful build.
The state size is taken from name_id and cannot be extended. So we
must wait with initializing the state til we have all packages added
to the db.
We must also always allocate the package name, incase its not in the
repository. This is done with apk_db_get_name().
Calculate changesets directly by stabilizating the package graph instead of
recalculating the whole graph and then diffing (similar approach as seen
in 'smart' package manager). The algorithm is not complete: defferred
search space forking is missing. So you don't always get a solution on
complex graphs.
Benefits:
- usually the search state tree is smaller (less memory used)
- speed relational to changeset size, not database size (usually faster)
- touch only packages related to users request (can work on partitially
broken state; upgrades only necessary packages, fixes#7)
Also implemented:
- command prompt to confirm operation if packages are deleted or downgraded
- requesting deletion of package suggests removal of all packages depending
on the package being removed (you'll get list of packages that also get
removed if you want package X removed)
- option --simulate to see what would have been done (mainly for testing)
- an untested implementation of versioned dependencies and conflicts
A lot has changed, so expect new bugs too.
Timo Teras