I would like to tell you guys that im working on a package manager that you might be interested in.
It is very similar to apkg (the Nathan Angelacos modified one) and is actually originally designed to be a replacement for apkg. I call it apk-tools. It is inspired by apkg and BSD packages. It is supposed to have the simplicity of apkg (basicly a tar.gz package with some extra metadata), run on RAM based mini linux, shell based (im using busybox), doing backups for local configs, but at the same time has almost the same power as bsd's packages with recursion, http repositories, pre/post install scripts etc etc. The metadata is very similar apkg, vith some files in /var/lib/apkdb. The difference is that files are compressed into a /var/lib/apkdb/package-version.meta.tar.gz format. I chosed to compress it since I have heard of problems with too big meta data on apkg systems. the tools are similar to pkg_add with friends in bsd: apk_add apk_delete apk_info Here is an example how they are used: ~ # apk_info -h apk_info 0.0.1_unstable_beta3 Usage: apk_info [ -a | -h ] | [-L | -c ] PACKAGE -a List all installed packages -h Display this help -L List contents of PACKAGE -c Check sha1 sums of package Lets see whats installed. ~ # apk_info openssh-4.0_p1 openssl-0.9.7e zlib-1.2.2 Lets add a package file. ~ # mount /media/cdrom/ ~ # apk_add /media/cdrom/pkgs/dnrd-2.19.apk ~ # apk_info dnrd-2.19 openssh-4.0_p1 openssl-0.9.7e zlib-1.2.2 Lets see the contents of installed package. ~ # apk_info -L dnrd . ./var ./var/lib ./var/lib/apkdb ./var/lib/apkdb/dnrd-2.19.control ./var/lib/apkdb/dnrd-2.19.backuplist ./usr ./usr/sbin ./usr/sbin/dnrd ./etc Lets check the sha1sums. ~ # apk_info -c dnrd ./var/lib/apkdb/dnrd-2.19.control: OK ./var/lib/apkdb/dnrd-2.19.backuplist: OK ./usr/sbin/dnrd: OK Lets try to modify some files. ~ # echo "distortion" > /usr/sbin/dnrd ~ # apk_info -c dnrd ./var/lib/apkdb/dnrd-2.19.control: OK ./var/lib/apkdb/dnrd-2.19.backuplist: OK ./usr/sbin/dnrd: FAILED sha1sum: WARNING: 1 of 3 computed checksums did NOT match Remove package. ~ # apk_delete dnrd-2.19 Lets use a cdrom repository. ~ # umount /media/cdrom ~ # export APK_PATH=cdrom:/pkgs Note that the -r is used. ~ # apk_add -rv netcat Installing netcat-110-r7 ~ # apk_info netcat-110-r7 openssh-4.0_p1 openssl-0.9.7e zlib-1.2.2 Lets use a http repository. ~ # export APK_PATH=http://192.168.65.250/alpine/apk and let us install a bunch of packages. ~ # apk_add -rv dnrd haserl libpcap tcpdump Downloading http://192.168.65.250/alpine/apk/Packages.sha1.gz Connecting to 192.168.65.250[192.168.65.250]:80 Packages.sha1.gz 100% |*****************************| 11220 00:00 ETA Downloading http://192.168.65.250/alpine/apk/dnrd-2.19.apk Connecting to 192.168.65.250[192.168.65.250]:80 dnrd-2.19.apk 100% |*****************************| 22850 00:00 ETA dnrd-2.19.apk: OK Downloading http://192.168.65.250/alpine/apk/haserl-0.7.3.apk Connecting to 192.168.65.250[192.168.65.250]:80 haserl-0.7.3.apk 100% |*****************************| 19823 00:00 ETA haserl-0.7.3.apk: OK Downloading http://192.168.65.250/alpine/apk/libpcap-0.8.3-r1.apk Connecting to 192.168.65.250[192.168.65.250]:80 libpcap-0.8.3-r1.apk 100% |*****************************| 61345 00:00 ETA libpcap-0.8.3-r1.apk: OK Downloading http://192.168.65.250/alpine/apk/tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.apk Connecting to 192.168.65.250[192.168.65.250]:80 tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.apk 100% |*****************************| 173 KB 00:00 ETA tcpdump-3.8.3-r1.apk: OK Installing dnrd-2.19 Installing haserl-0.7.3 Installing libpcap-0.8.3-r1 Installing tcpdump-3.8.3-r1 I have manually changed a package on http server so we can test sha som on packages. Also note that the package "database", Packages.sha1.gz is not downloaded this time. The cached version is used. This file is simply a compressed sha1sum list. ~ # apk_add -rv ipsec-tools Downloading http://192.168.65.250/alpine/apk/ipsec-tools-0.4.apk Connecting to 192.168.65.250[192.168.65.250]:80 ipsec-tools-0.4.apk 100% |*****************************| 5 00:00 ETA ipsec-tools-0.4.apk: FAILED sha1sum: WARNING: 1 of 1 computed checksums did NOT match Checksum failed for ipsec-tools! Let me know if you are interested. I don't have any official hosting site nor cvs, so I'd need to upload what I got so far somehwere if you are interested to take a look at it. Next thing to do is test the ftp:/ module and write a ssh:/, rsync:/ and file:/ module for repositries on other protocols. Those modules are easy to write so there is nothing that prevents a nfs:/ whatever:/ module. The -r option is supposed to fetch dependencies but that need some work still. I have also an apk_backup utility on my todolist for backing up local configs. -- Natanael Copa ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
