Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:27:43 -0400 From: "Derek Flowers" <djflow@erols.com> To: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Tools for package indexing Message-ID: <000b01bdf6e7$f0b34280$18d36aa4@portbus1.tc.cc.va.us>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BDF6C6.67349A20 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0008_01BDF6C6.67349A20" ------=_NextPart_001_0008_01BDF6C6.67349A20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While in the process of working with the package files, I have created = some scripts to check and generate the index file needed by sysinstall = to work with packages. Hopefully, this will make someone's life a = little bit easier. I used them to split the package directory into two = separate entities so they will fit onto two CDs. Note that I am not a = top notch programmer. These scripts are quick and dirty, but they do = the job. By the way, is it possible for those who create the packages to include = the categories the package belongs to in the package file, perhaps as a = comment? The script that generates the index file grabs all the = information needed from the package file, but the only place I found to = get the categories is from the index file for the ports. It would be = much easier to get the categories from the package file itself. -Derek ------=_NextPart_001_0008_01BDF6C6.67349A20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3509.100"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>While in the process of working with = the package=20 files, I have created some scripts to check and generate the index file = needed=20 by sysinstall to work with packages. Hopefully, this will make = someone's=20 life a little bit easier. I used them to split the package = directory into=20 two separate entities so they will fit onto two CDs. Note that I = am not a=20 top notch programmer. These scripts are quick and dirty, but they = do the=20 job.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>By the way, is it possible for those = who create=20 the packages to include the categories the package belongs to in the = package=20 file, perhaps as a comment? The script that generates the index = file grabs=20 all the information needed from the package file, but the only place I = found to=20 get the categories is from the index file for the ports. It would = be much=20 easier to get the categories from the package file itself.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>-Derek</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0008_01BDF6C6.67349A20-- ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BDF6C6.67349A20 Content-Type: application/x-compressed; name="pkgtools.tgz" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pkgtools.tgz" H4sIAFS0IzYAA+2W70/aQBjHed2/4mvHgpqVtqiQxeH8MTAk80eMS1yGW2t7hYZyxVKmTvzfd9dr oYjTF1PckvvwguN693DP9+6eb51uz6cuuS68IKZh1DY2UADHuPcNVMxqFahWTaO2Zm7UDMA0DXOt AOMlF5UxGsZ2BBSiMIwfG3fVJSRYxIIWy5sl6Bc+1YddRTk9OG62PjfqVr8Xk/4Aetwf6EWjfJZg YTzGMnG6IdQv1L4ICOIQTkTsmLX4eM8PyJKKTZBrP4a5kgasPF9ARYze6xKHHdsOWoefGmflcllV FC+M0DzcOWjAp7A8dqixEwTQqN0nUFfLceeXCm0Q+TS2FDfErcKO3jGfULeSqEUxe4whcaERlIZ6 ebWt63ppto8FYn2Wwud3IjKAdgn1ezEJpYoVYQu6S37qdBQEyTjfwzcUP7IQlzBxzrviLqGKuAAi qaQpwoCGMbxwRF2VD/F8RbmDG1IyJ8DAdnp2hwxTDR7L+sHMtlBMd/2+go4dp8nk57XH5dUk+0TB exI0hQRZxL9Q4TYJdceX/6QWuyM/cHNawCUDwkoadW4Q+MNYSJOMnWRbSTs0lqh91YPWRHuM0i0S pbxl9e2wTdV3KL5f2cRdCR9SKSxs5WJwibIfOZVudOhtKo5NGHHdR9S/nP/zuV2crtyf7OjcnmRB /qUt2AuITXkik1ubLj/qT8/XtF1RXrvqSTL6L2//T/m/WamsZ/5fMdZrrMeortek/y+CvP8nxYFV MFHrzpWsMrCbm3Qp/Oaz1tnRSWu/rgrzDSO/oz7/q8Pi/XxS/1r8QvBqJsxYVDL2dG/ntLF/dPK1 LupwJgSLlhTg6TvAGH/wFO4otcRRxOvDoNf54VMv5MVbc6B52aLztpyti3lV+nbAPEjsR+5Re8w/ Dz7K20bDmkke24mdPxKxmGX9cPiZ2BMltllizMvUmf9KO8HFngbKjCTvFK99JyQSiUQikUgkEolE IpFIJBKJRCKRSCSS/5Xf2wImTQAoAAA= ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BDF6C6.67349A20-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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