Re: File_CSV as standalone package?

Hi Stefan, If you attempt to install File_CSV, and it has a required dependency like so: <dep type="pkg" rel="ge" ver="1.0.4">File</dep> it will fail unless File's version is greater than 1.0.4. $ pear install File_CSV Error: File_CSV requires File >= 1.0.4 install failed To ensure that people who wish to get the functionality of File_CSV by installing File will get that, it just needs an optional dependency on File_CSV. In this situation, on installation of File, people will see: $ pear install File `File_CSV' is recommended to utilize some features Regards, Greg Stefan Neufeind wrote:

On 30 Aug 2003 at 12:17, Greg Beaver wrote:

Stefan Neufeind wrote:

By the way: What if you install File_CSV and afterwards upgrade File to a version that doesn't contain CSV anymore? I guess then upgrading File might remove File/CVS.php - correct? I guess this could be solved by giving a dependency from File_CSV that demands File v1.0.4 (or what the next release will be called) so that prior to installing File_CSV you have to upgrade File. Greg, might this work as expected?

This is a good point - the uninstaller doesn't check for conflicts of filenames during uninstall currently, so if you install File_CSV first, and uninstall File, it would delete File/CVS.php. The required dependency in File_CSV is the solution, as it should not be installed with older versions of File, since the older versions would have File/CSV.php anyways.

But would it only check for satisfaction of the dependency? Or would it really updage the File-package first before (!) installing File_CSV? Then the problem is easily solved ... Stefan