A First Look at Specifix Linux [LWN.net]

A First Look at Specifix Linux

Posted Oct 14, 2004 4:27 UTC (Thu) by jabby (guest, #2648)
Parent article: A First Look at Specifix Linux

I can relate to this. I help to administrate a development box running and old version of Red Hat (7.2). The current version of the fileutils package (even the updated one provided by the Fedora Legacy Project) includes a bug in the 'install' program that brakes the '-C' option. Having to break out the source RPM, rework my patch, create a new RPM, and then update the system with each update is a major pain in the neck. (Yes, I've submitted it to the maintainer of the package, but I was ignored.)

It sounds like Conary would support the maintenance of my outside patch across upgrades automagically! That would be fantastic!

Jason

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A First Look at Specifix Linux

Posted Oct 22, 2004 0:21 UTC (Fri) by nobrowser (guest, #21196) [Link]

Actually, Debian has had something like this for a time, in multiple implementations I believe - dpatch and dbs. Neither is part of dpkg proper, because that's Debian culture, even the packaging subsystem is a highly (too highly?) distributed effort.