bro-pkg dependencies ?

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Can we specify dependent packages in bro-pkg and would bro-pkg go and resolve
(install) those dependencies by itself ?

Also, can we make the bro-pkg dump some output (notes) before? or after? pkg
installation - something like see this file for details etc ?

Aashish

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At list recursively finding all of those dependencies is on the roadmap. Terry has that on his queue.

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Thanks Adam!

I think we might also need to introduce the concept of pkg-conflicts too: cannot
install B if A is installed.

Aashish

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Can we specify dependent packages in bro-pkg and would bro-pkg go and resolve
(install) those dependencies by itself ?

Yep. Here's one that does..
  top-dns/bro-pkg.meta at master · corelight/top-dns · GitHub

Also, can we make the bro-pkg dump some output (notes) before? or after? pkg
installation - something like see this file for details etc ?

bro-pkg tells you that it's going to install dependencies and asks if you want to proceed. If you want to see how it works, install the corelight/top-dns package.

   .Seth

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Ah! Nice. Yes, this is what I was looking for. Thanks for the pointer Seth!