RE: ipkg suggestion

Carl,

I agree with Oliver. For my two cents, choose ipkg if you want a
distribution-free name. Lowercase "control" is WAY too generic.

Brian

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: familiar-admin_at_handhelds.org
> [mailto:familiar-admin_at_handhelds.org]On Behalf Of Oliver Kurth
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 11:25 AM
> To: Carl Worth
> Cc: familiar_at_handhelds.org
> Subject: Re: [Familiar] ipkg suggestion
>
>
> Carl Worth wrote:
> >
> > Oliver,
> >
> > Fine ideas.
> >
> > One slight change: how about using a directory named CONTROL rather
> > than ipkg. (Rationale: Debian uses a directory named DEBIAN so the
> > closest parallel would be FAMILIAR or some such, but I would prefer
> > the packaging system to be more distribution-agnostic than that).
>
> DEBIAN/ is not used for years, must have been before I converted to
> Debian, it is now debian/. I think CONTROL is to generic, and some
> author might decide to use that name for something else. And I dont like
> file/directory names with capital letters, but that's just personal
> taste.
>
> I would prefer 'ipkg' or 'familiar'.
>
> Anyway, it is just a detail, and easy to change.
>
> Thanks for feedback, I will start with it now.
>
> Greetings,
> Oliver
>
> > Feel free to commit new scripts to CVS.
> >
> > Also, please add documentation to the Wiki.
>
> Yes, as soon as I learned to use it..
>
> > Thanks for your offer to help!
> >
> > -Carl
> >
> > Oliver Kurth writes:
> > > Hello again...
> > >
> > > I have a suggestion to make building ipkg packages easier.
> > >
> > > Concept:
> > > - in the source distribution, create a directory 'ipkg'
> > > - put all files which go to the 'CONTROL' directory of the
> root of the
> > > installed package into ipkg.
> > > - additionally, put a file there called 'rules' which is a Makefile
> > > containing at least the targets 'build', 'install' and 'clean'
> > > * the build target does things like ./configure and make
> > > * the install target installs to a temporary directory (make
> > > DESTDIR=/tmp/packsage) and removes unnecessary items (eg. man pages)
> > > * clean cleans ;-)
> > >
> > > - a script called 'ipkg-buildpackage' builds the package,
> installs it to
> > > the tmp directory, copies the contents of ipkg/ to the tmp
> > > directory/CONTROL and calls ipkg-build. After this, it makes
> a diff of
> > > the source directory against the original source tarball.
> > >
> > > Okay, now the builder of the package uploads the diff, the original
> > > tarball and the ipkg package to some ftp server for
> everyones pleasure,
> > > eh, download. This way, everyone can verify what the builder of the
> > > package had to modify, learn from it or maybe use it to package a new
> > > version if new upstream version comes out.
> > >
> > > This is of course not a new idea, it is nearly debian.
> > >
> > > Any comments? I would like to hear of your ideas, and
> volunteer to write
> > > this ipkg-buildpackage script and put it to the ipkg CVS.
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > > Oliver
> > > --
> > > oliver.kurth_at_innominate.com
> > > software engineer
> innominate AG
> > >
> > > tel: +49.30.308806-0 fax: -77
> www.innominate.com
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