Bug 21305

Summary:	APT-RPM backend?
Product:	PackageKit	Reporter:	viper550
Component:	core	Assignee:	Richard Hughes <richard>
Status:	RESOLVED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux (All)
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Description viper550 2009-04-20 12:03:28 UTC

We got a Linux distribution over here called Ark Linux, and I'm trying to rid it of the ancient Kynaptic package manager for good. But, we happen to use apt-rpm as our package manager backend.

Think its possible to set up a APT-RPM backend?

Comment 1 viper550 2009-04-20 13:28:52 UTC

oh yeah I forgot, this may benefit PCLinuxOS too, which is a pretty major distro too.

Comment 2 Richard Hughes 2009-04-21 00:30:25 UTC

Sure! We welcome new backends. Would this work with the existing apt or aptcc backends, or do you need to create a new backend from scratch?

Comment 3 viper550 2009-04-21 05:06:55 UTC

This may need to be reworked, I inspected the APT backend code, it calls DPKG alot.

Comment 4 Richard Hughes 2009-04-21 05:21:10 UTC

Sure, in which case a new backend (apt-rpm?) might be best. Join the PackageKit  mailing list, introduce yourself, and start hacking :-)

Comment 5 Richard Hughes 2018-08-21 15:52:59 UTC

We moved the upstream bugtracker to GitHub a long time ago. If this issue still affects you please re-create the issue here: https://github.com/hughsie/PackageKit/issues
 
Sorry for the impersonal message, and fingers crossed your issue no longer happens. Thanks.

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