Hi all I am a php developer and develop huge packages. Those packages are then installed by my clients or clients of my resellers on a score of webservers. As with all applications, bugfixes, and updates are issued on an almost weekly bases. I developed an application that runs on the php cli and connects to a list of ftp sites and is capable of performing *some* updates but all of this is shady at most. What I really would like is to have an rpm style system. So that I can have for instance package dbfunctions-1.0-1-noarch.rpm (provides dbfunctions) package dbadmin-1.0-1-noarch (provides dbadmin, requires dbfunctions) I read up on the rpm command and find that it is very suitable for this kind of functionality. It support scripts that are run when a package is installed or removed, as well as triggers that can execute scripts. For instance if package dbadmin is updated, it can trigger a script in package dbfunctions to for example, update a configuration script. The downside of it all is that it requires shell access which most clients do not have. Furthermore, not all clients are running linux, some are running Mac (Unix based, but...?), or windows. Even though rpm exists for virtually all platforms. Three more requirements are not met: 1. The location of where the files in the package are installed is fixed in the rpm 2. Many packages require updates to the database, which means that a php cli with mysql support must be available on the system. 3. In case of a first install, information needs to be collected about the environment and user/password stuff. Is there anyone that can provide a solution to this or suggest another approach to the problem? With kind regards x_terminat_or_3 -- Now listening to Top! Radio Live www.topradio.be/stream on amaroK Geek code: www.vlaamse-kern.com/geek Registered Linux User No 379093 If life was for sale, what would be its price? www.vlaamse-kern.com/sas/ for free php utilities --
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