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v1.4 of the opt_depot suite available
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Thu Aug 17 17:47:25 1995
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:09:01 +0300
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
From: jonabbey@arlut.utexas.edu (Jonathan Abbey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: v1.4 of the opt_depot suite available
Organization: Applied Research Laboratories - The University of Texas at Austin
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.setup
Hi folks. We've got a new version of our software management suite
out, with a feature added, a bug fixed, and a bit of cleaning done.
What is opt_depot?
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opt_depot is a suite of Perl scripts inspired by Carnegie Mellon's
Depot software which makes it easy to manage installed software across
a wide range of client systems.
opt_depot makes it possible to keep all files associated with a
program together in one directory, so installation and de-installation
is simple.
opt_depot differs from Carnegie Mellon's Depot software in that it is
easier to manage, and provides a scheme for installing software in a
truly portable fashion; packages may be installed locally on client
systems, or kept in a central package archive for NFS access.
v1.4 - 15 August 1995
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This version adds the ability for the .exclude and .priority files to
specify the exclusion or prioritization of directories as well as
individual files and packages.
A bug in opt_clean that caused links to symbolic links in the Local
Depot Directory to be always removed has been fixed.
The messages generated by the -v option to opt_depot has been
tightened up and made more consistent.
Where can I get it?
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http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/csd/opt_depot/opt_depot.html
or
ftp://ftp.arlut.utexas.edu/pub/opt_depot/opt_depot-1.4.tar.gz
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