Hi list,
Would you be interested in yet another binary package format for embedded projects?
I am writing some test's with a freebsd like binary package mangager that I use with my embedded gentoo.
It is supposed to install embedded runtime packages into RAM on a uclibc/busybox system.
The packages are simple tar.gz packages with some extra meta files. Basicly the meta file is a dpkg/ipkg control file.
So far I have approx 300 packages converted from tbz2 (I used a modified tbz2ipk), a apk_add, apk_info and apk_delete. apk_info uses sha1 to check if the files have been changed. (useful for backup)
Currently I'm working on an -r option for apk_add to be able to install remote packages over http,ftp,scp,rsync.
If anyone is interested in this, let me know and I'll upload what I got so far somewhere.
-- Natanael Copa
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