GNU Source Installer - News
posted by sick_soul, Mon Jul 21 02:13:57 2008 - 0 replies
GNU Source Installer 2.5 has been just released
(unchanged from rc2).
Changes include basic support for internationalization,
and many bugfixes in all components,
which results in more packages supported.
GNU Source Installer is an effort to leverage the
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posted by sick_soul, Thu Jun 26 01:11:59 2008 - 0 replies
A new release candidate for sourceinstall 2.5 has been
prepared, and all the 2.5rc2 components have been
uploaded to the download area.
Please report any problem you should find.
http://www.gnu.org/software/sourceinstall
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sourceinstall
posted by sick_soul, Sun May 11 07:22:41 2008 - 0 replies
A release candidate for sourceinstall 2.5 has been prepared,
and all the 2.5rc1 components have been uploaded to the download
area. Please report any problem you should find.
http://www.gnu.org/software/sourceinstall
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sourceinstall/
posted by sick_soul, Fri Jun 29 23:27:40 2007 - 0 replies
GNU Source Installer 2.4 has been just released.
The main focus of this version is the move to GPLv3.
The latest bugfixes for libsrcinst are also included.
GNU Source Installer is an effort to leverage the
GNU installation standards to offer easy installation from source code and management of installed source code packages.
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posted by sick_soul, Sat Jan 6 10:17:21 2007 - 0 replies
GNU Source Installer 2.3 has been now officially released.
Its components are:
libsrcinst-2.3.1.tar.gz
sourceinstall-2.3.tar.gz
sourceinstall-gtk-2.3.tar.gz
See the file section on savannah,
or the GNU sites and mirrors for the downloads.
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posted by sick_soul, Sat Aug 5 07:05:02 2006 - 0 replies
GNU Source Installer 2.2 has been released.
See the file section on savannah,
or the GNU sites and mirrors for the downloads.
Primary site:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sourceinstall
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sourceinstall
posted by sick_soul, Tue Aug 1 18:57:40 2006 - 2 replies
These new features are available in current CVS,
and in the latest CVS builds:
libsrcinst:
- rewrote upgrade package functionality. This fixes a lot of
problems with the upgrade actions in the programs.
- consider directory dependencies. Previously only file and link ...
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posted by sick_soul, Sun Jul 16 16:14:25 2006 - 0 replies
These new CVS builds will be prepared between releases
to offer bleeding edge functionality and bugfixes
without having to wait for the regular builds.
They are called
libsrcinst-cvs.tar.gz
sourceinstall-cvs.tar.gz
sourceinstall-gtk-cvs.tar.gz
and are available on ftp.gnu.org
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sourceinstall/
or any of the GNU ftp mirrors:
posted by sick_soul, Sun Apr 30 19:12:45 2006 - 0 replies
A new version of the Source Installer is available!
Version 2.1 fixes serious bugs, and offers new functionality,
like better consistency checks, file conflicts detection bewteen packages, automatic management of entries in the info directory file, and better uninstallation.
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posted by sick_soul, Thu Feb 23 12:34:27 2006 - 0 replies
Here's some juicy information about the project
that could be interesting for sourceinstall users:
DEVELOPMENT
In sourceinstall-gtk, a new "save log" feature is being implemented, well suited for better bug reports.
It will simply save the output of commands run during build
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