[Info-vax] Packages

[Craig A. Berry]

On 8/9/24 1:40 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 8/9/2024 2:28 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
>> This might be a stupid question, but is it possible to package up
>> things like compilers on an existing system to upgrade another system?
> 
> What would your package provide that the PCSI/VMSINSTAL kit does
> not provide?

If he's got a community license, he doesn't have the PCSI/VMSINSTAL kit
but rather a new system image with a bunch of stuff already installed.
He would probably prefer not to set everything up again from scratch.

In theory, if one knew the locations of *all* of the pieces, one could
reverse engineer an older kit and build a new one like it with the new
images and data from an installation.  But there are a lot of things
that could go wrong, depending on what changed between versions.