System package managers (at least apt & portage) have a whole bunch of hooks. I guess this is talking about language package managers.

TFA is also a bit hazy on what hooks exactly?

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captn3m0 5 hours ago | parent [-]

`PreInstall` mainly. But `PreFetch/PreBuild` also for source-repositories, such as AUR helpers.

homebrew doesn't support hooks as a system package manager: https://github.com/ecosyste-ms/package-manager-hooks as an example.

I think the packaging ecosystem is varied enough that this should be left for the package managers to decide. Yarn allows dependency resolution and WebFetch overrides in its hooks for eg.

	▲	eqvinox 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> `PreInstall` mainly. But `PreFetch/PreBuild` also for source-repositories, such as AUR helpers. I don't think this is detailed enough - what exactly should the hooks be able to do? Affect dependency resolution? Choice of versions? Are they per run or per package? Is something already downloaded so it can be inspected?