Hi, here's my newest contribution to contrib (see the attached descriptions): The pip and unarc packages share a problem: they are both licensed as public domain and cause a warning with rpmlint. CU -- Goetz Waschk <> student of computer science <> university Rostock http://www.informatik.uni-rostock.de/~waschk/waschk.asc for PGP key --> Logout Fascism! <--
Name : pip Relocations: /usr Version : 0.2.1 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk Build Date: Die 03 Okt 2000 12:51:41 CEST Install date: Die 03 Okt 2000 12:52:22 CEST Build Host: der_abgrund.de Group : File tools Source RPM: pip-0.2.1-1mdk.src.rpm Size : 21076 License: Public Domain Packager : G�tz Waschk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL : http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~epa98/work/apps/pip Summary : command line wrapper for programs without stdin/out support Description : Some programs (often those from a non-Unix background) don't read input from stdin, nor write to stdout. Instead, they make you specify an 'input file' and an 'output file' on the command line. At least most Unix programs that do this let you use the special filename '-' to mean stdin or stdout, but there are some programs that don't recognize this convention. Sometimes this is for technical reasons, because the input needs to be seekable. Sometimes it is because the author didn't think it would be useful and is probably a Pascal sympathizer :-). But in any case, it is annoying not to be able to use such programs in pipelines. Pip fixes this problem. It wraps such programs and lets you give filenames of '-' as you would with any other. However pip doesn't know whether '-' should mean stdin or stdout, so you must tell it with the -i or -o flags.
Name : unarc Relocations: /usr Version : 0.2.5 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk Build Date: Die 03 Okt 2000 12:48:01 CEST Install date: Die 03 Okt 2000 12:52:35 CEST Build Host: der_abgrund.de Group : File tools Source RPM: unarc-0.2.5-1mdk.src.rpm Size : 34027 License: Public Domain Packager : G�tz Waschk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Summary : unpacking tool for archive files Description : Sometimes when you unpack a .tar.gz file, it spills files all over your current directory, so you have to make a new directory to unpack in if you want to avoid a mess. But other .tar.gz files have their own top-level directory, so unpacking in a new directory is not necessary and creates a different kind of mess. The answer is unarc, which unpacks an archive and creates a top-level directory if it's needed. Unarc works with lots of archives, not just tarballs - .tar.bz2, .zip and even .rpm are supported. It's a simple and tidy way to unpack most archives. There is a companion program arcdir which provides a uniform way to archive directories into tarfiles, zipfiles and so on.
Name : mp3_check Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 1.98 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk Build Date: Die 03 Okt 2000 10:35:01 CEST Install date: Die 03 Okt 2000 10:37:13 CEST Build Host: der_abgrund.de Group : Sound Source RPM: mp3_check-1.98-1mdk.src.rpm Size : 35650 License: GPL Packager : G�tz Waschk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Summary : A utility which analyzes mp3 files for errors and standards conformance. Description : Identify in explicit detail mp3s that do not correctly follow the mp3 format. Also look for invalid frame headers, missing frames, etc. This can be especially important when building an archive, and you want quality mp3s.
Name : resid-devel Relocations: /usr Version : 0.9 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk Build Date: Die 03 Okt 2000 10:45:37 CEST Install date: Die 03 Okt 2000 10:46:41 CEST Build Host: der_abgrund.de Group : Development/C Source RPM: resid-devel-0.9-1mdk.src.rpm Size : 267796 License: GPL Packager : G�tz Waschk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Summary : SID audio emulator Description : This library is a cycle based emulation of the C64 SID audio chip.
Name : sidplay2 Relocations: /usr Version : 0.4.20000925 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk Build Date: Die 03 Okt 2000 10:48:47 CEST Install date: Die 03 Okt 2000 10:50:22 CEST Build Host: der_abgrund.de Group : Sound Source RPM: sidplay2-0.4.20000925-1mdk.src.rpm Size : 301604 License: GPL Packager : G�tz Waschk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/sidplay2 Summary : A Commodore 64 music player and SID chip emulator. Description : This is a cycle-based version of a C64 music playing library developed by Simon White which requires the reSID library as the SID emulator portion.
Name : synaesthesia Relocations: /usr Version : 2.1 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk Build Date: Die 03 Okt 2000 11:58:44 CEST Install date: Die 03 Okt 2000 12:01:34 CEST Build Host: der_abgrund.de Group : Sound Source RPM: synaesthesia-2.1-1mdk.src.rpm Size : 235137 License: GPL Packager : G�tz Waschk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Summary : This program visualizes audio input. Description : This is a program for representing sounds visually. It goes beyond the usual oscilliscope style program by combining an FFT and stereo positioning information to give a two dimensional display.
Name : tfmx-play Relocations: /usr Version : 0.2 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk Build Date: Die 03 Okt 2000 11:07:37 CEST Install date: Die 03 Okt 2000 11:08:45 CEST Build Host: der_abgrund.de Group : Sound Source RPM: tfmx-play-0.2-1mdk.src.rpm Size : 45000 License: GPL Packager : G�tz Waschk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Summary : Audio player for TFMX modules Description : This is a player for TFMX music files used in some AMIGA games, e.g. the Turrican series.
Name : mp3c Distribution: Linux-Mandrake Version : 0.26 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk Build Date: Tue Oct 3 10:57:55 2000 Install date: (not installed) Build Host: der_abgrund.de Group : Sound Source RPM: (none) Size : 259825 Packager : G�tz Waschk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Summary : MP3 creator for audiocds with usage of CDDB Description : This program read TOC from audiocds, get CDDB entry for it, and convert audio tracks to mp3 (under usage of any cdgrabber and mp3encoder).
Name : xmms-cdread Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 0.8a Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk Build Date: Die 03 Okt 2000 11:16:11 CEST Install date: Die 03 Okt 2000 11:17:56 CEST Build Host: der_abgrund.de Group : Sound Source RPM: xmms-cdread-0.8a-1mdk.src.rpm Size : 53194 License: GPL Packager : G�tz Waschk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Summary : Input plugin that reads audio data from CDs Description : This is an alternative to the xmms audio CD plugin with advanced features.
