[Package Kit] can't install some packages

[diver]

hrev47569.

~> pkgman list
        Haiku
                base-url:  http://download.haiku-os.org/haiku-repositories/master/x86_gcc2/current/
                priority:  1
        HaikuPorts
                base-url:  http://packages.haiku-os.org/haikuports/master/repo/x86_gcc2/current
                priority:  1

~> pkgman search openjdk_x86
Status  Name                 Description                                        
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        openjdk_x86          Open-source implementation of the Java Platform, SE

~> pkgman install openjdk_x86
Downloading repochecksum-1...
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Finished downloading repochecksum-1.
Validating checksum for Haiku...
Validating checksum for Haiku complete.
Downloading repochecksum-1...
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Finished downloading repochecksum-1.
Validating checksum for HaikuPorts...
Validating checksum for HaikuPorts complete.
*** failed to find a match for "openjdk_x86": Name not found

[pulkomandy]

It's actually an issue with the package, the provides entry in the package is "openjdk" instead of "openjdk_x86". So, to install it, you need to do

pkgman install openjdk }}}

We must fix the package, but maybe pkgman could be made more user friendly, or maybe haikuporter should prevent this from happening.

[diver]

Other packages that won't currently install are avrdude_x86 and sdl_mixer_devel

[zooey]

I have just had a cursory look at avrdude_x86 and sdl_mixer_devel and both packages are missing a provides entry that matches the package name.

Creating such a package should not be possible with haikuporter and/or package. I suppose haikuporter should disallow that completely and package should at least print a warning.

[bonefish]

In principle there is no requirement to include a provides entry matching the package name. We just use that as a convention/policy for the HaikuPorts packages. It should be possible to refer to any package via "pkg:<package name>" and also install the above packages this way. We could make pkgman more clever and try "pkg:..." for the given names (first?).

That being said, we certainly should enforce the policy at least via haikuporter.

[waddlesplash]

Now we do: ​https://github.com/haikuports/haikuporter/commit/eee899ad694b4fd65f5ce60365fe685f34ae652a