[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #60344] pkg: update local_list / global_list automatically as needed, drop the 'rebuild' subcommand

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60344>

                 Summary: pkg: update local_list / global_list automatically
as needed, drop the 'rebuild' subcommand
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Mon 05 Apr 2021 09:44:59 AM PDT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 1 - Wish
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

For the 'pkg' command to be more user-friendly, it would be best if the 'pkg
rebuild' command were never necessary. The existence of the 'global_list' and
'local_list' files should be more of an internal implementation detail that
the 'pkg' functions use for efficiency, not something that the user or admins
need to worry about updating or configuring.

When the user issues the 'pkg' command to list or load packages, the existence
of a new directory in the configured package location should be automatically
detected and added to the list at runtime.




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