Order of the Butterfly
Posts: 220 from 2003/11/14
From: Bavaria
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naTmeg wrote:
@pOS:
What do you mean by this? If you want to handle .pmi files from disk, use "Add Index" button. This loads local (on your machine) indexes ie. for testing before upload.
That was my question. Ok, will give it a try.
Quote:
>Can I extract package files manually, too ?
Why you should do that? I see no reason in doing this.
Some background:
1.As I only have a 58K modem connection at home, I often use you another computer to downlaod archives/packages than the one they are to be installed.
2.I often don't want to install immediately after download.
3.Sometimes I like to have a look at the contents of an archive *before* I install it, especially if some system components might be changed.
Now imagine, MorphUp becomes such a success that some programms are not offered as .lha archive any more but only as MorphUp package. Then it would be nice to still have the ability (at least sometimes) to extract it manually and check its contents.
One more question/suggestion.
If I understood right, links are meant to create dependencies between packages ? If so it would be nice to make those dependencies a bit more flexible.
I'll give you an example:
You have a package for MyNewMP3Player. The programm requires mpega.library. There are two implementations of this library, the original one and the one based on libmad. So MyNewMP3Player.package should have a dependency that ITHER mpegorig.package OR mpeglibmad.package must be installed before. And of course, if someone already has installed his favourite implementation it shouldn't automatically be overwritten by another one.
