On Apr 2, 2015, at 5:29 PM, devzero2000 wrote: > > Il 02/Apr/2015 18:43 "Jeffrey Johnson" <n3...@me.com> ha scritto: > > > > > > On Apr 2, 2015, at 12:11 PM, devzero2000 wrote: > > > >> > >> Il 02/Apr/2015 17:39 "Jeffrey Johnson" <n3...@me.com> ha scritto: > >> > > >> > Um ... was there actually a problem being solved here? > >> > > >> > Some of these scripts (like rpm2cpio.sh) are vitally > >> > important and have been posted publicly like here > >> > > >> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18787375/how-do-i-extract-the-contents-of-an-rpm/25986787#25986787 > >> > and integrated into other projects. The syntax change is > >> > highly intrusive to using diff to see what has changed. > >> > > >> > *shrug* Many of these scripts haven't been used in years. > >> > >> Ciao jbj > >> > >> The aim is to modernize a little these shells. The comment should be > >> clear. The change is trivial, but a further check is certainly necessary > >> ( some incompatibility is possible ) . > > > > > > Please describe "modernize" a bit. > > Here a possible interpretation > > http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/082 > >
OK, got it, though I doubt many of the rpm scripts had deep escaping as in the examples. Meanwhile, a consistent usage everywhere is preferred (except perhaps for rpm2cpio.sh, where consistency with what is released in the wild is perhaps more important: using od(1) and set to swab ints (and pad signature headers) is arcane no matter what shell syntax is used). Certainly lots of the scripts could use an overhaul. Most shells SHOULD be POSIX compliant: but I will defer to Tim's opinion on portability, there may still be some ancient shells in use somewhere. > > I certainly know several useful (but thankless) changes needed with the > > scriptie in rpm: > > > > 1) standardize/regularize on "foodeps -P|-R" instead of ancient/hoary > > foo-prov/foo-req > > > > 2) resurrect v_pkg to fully automate and simplify the provides/verify of a > > non-rpm vendor OS > > > > 3) write shell/perl to verify the MD5 sum of header+payload without rpm > > installed (like rpm2cpio.sh) > > Ok. Todo. It was just a way to start again , maybe not so useful . > > Free to Revert. No.problem. > > I'll leave the decision to you. Yes its easy enough to revert if necessary. 73 de Jeff > Best regards > > > > hth > > > > 73 de Jeff > >
