On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Roger Pack <rogerpack2005 / gmail.com> wrote: >> if apt would be the only packet manager out there in the *nix-World you >> can do this. >> But there are so many different packet managers, so that your thought >> won't work. >> It's simply too much work > > My assumption was that between apt-get and yum you'd have covered your > bases pretty well. > If that's not the case I suppose you could specify an install command, a > la > > specification[:system_dependency_install_command] = 'apt-get install > some_package || yum install some_package' || rm -Rf / -- Technical Blaag at: http://blog.majesticseacreature.com Non-tech stuff at: http://metametta.blogspot.com "Ruby Best Practices" Book now in O'Reilly Roughcuts: http://rubybestpractices.com