From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Sun Oct 18 22:34:53 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B606A18BD8; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:34:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B32FBE2B; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:34:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id t9IMYpfp034551; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:34:51 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id t9IMYp1a034550; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:34:51 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201510182234.t9IMYp1a034550@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:34:51 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47623 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:34:53 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Sun Oct 18 22:34:51 2015 New Revision: 47623 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47623 Log: Add libmtree report from Michal Ratajsky Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Sun Oct 18 22:21:48 2015 (r47622) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Sun Oct 18 22:34:51 2015 (r47623) @@ -3287,4 +3287,84 @@ + + mtree Parsing and Manipulation Library + + + + + Michal + Ratajsky + + michal@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Brooks + Davis + + brooks@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Wiki + page + + + +

&os; includes several programs that work with file system + hierarchy descriptions in the mtree(5) format. These + descriptions, also called specifications, have a broad range of + uses, from automatically creating directory structures to security + auditing.

+ +

Each of the programs, namely mtree, + bsdtar, install, and makefs, + has its own implementation of the mtree format. This not only + adds maintenance overhead, but also makes interoperability + difficult, as each of the implementations only supports a limited + subset of the format.

+ +

The goal of this project was to create a new + libmtree library, implementing everything the mtree + format has to offer, and wrapping it with an expressive API which + all the listed programs can use. We also wanted libmtree + to be portable, as one of the major users of the mtree format is + libarchive, the library implementing most of + bsdtar.

+ +

Currently, the library is functionally complete, ready to + be downloaded and receive everyone's attention. We've also + decided to bundle the mtree program along with it. The + bundled mtree has also been modified for better + portability

+ +

The project also included modifying libarchive, + install and makefs to use libmtree. These + modified versions are also available.

+ +

Please see the Wiki page for more information, download + locations and an example of using the libmtree API. +

+ + + + Google Summer of Code 2015 + + + + +

Test and review the library code and API and the modifications + made to the programs.

+ + + +

Fix the known problems that are mentioned on the Wiki + page.

+ + + +