RE: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR utility 'preferred_state' handling
| From: | Jay Taylor | Date: | Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:38:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR utility 'preferred_state' handling | ||
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Greg, that certainly does solve my problem!
Thank you!!
Best,
Jay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Beaver [mailto:greg@chiaraquartet.net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 6:08 PM
> To: outtatime@gmail.com
> Cc: pear-dev@lists.php.net; 'Lukas Kahwe Smith'
> Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR utility 'preferred_state' handling
>
> Jay Taylor wrote:
> >> you do know that you can easily override the setting on a
> per command
> >> basis?
> >>
> >> pear install foo-beta
> >
> > I didn't know that. It is better than having to mess with the
> > config-set every time, however I still think it would be more
> > convenient to be able to just have a "preferred" state +
> "minimum" state.
>
> Hi Jay,
>
> The preferred_state setting actually functions exactly as you
> describe.
> If you set it to "alpha" for instance, it will always prefer
> stable or beta packages if they are the most recent release,
> but it will install alpha packages if they are the most recent.
>
> Does this answer your concerns?
> Greg