===== libpkg =====

libpkg is a library provided by [[pkg]]

Goal: reorganize common functionality among pkg_* tools into a single library. Provide the pkg_* tools similarly to the way fetch/libfetch exist?

Some thoughts from WesleyShields:

  - move the shared code of pkg_* into a library
  - make pkg_* use said library
  - optimize the internals of the library
  - at this point you should have a good understanding of pkg internals  and what's good and bad about them
  - possibly re-write pkg_* and libpkg to remove the ugly parts or make them better

Related link: http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/#p-ports-pkgtools

Interesting design choices from %%OpenBSD%% pkg_add:

  * Marc Espié's conference slides at %%EuroBSDCon%% 2010 http://www.openbsd.org/papers/eurobsdcon_2010_pkg_add/mgp00001.html

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