Re: [9fans] contrib(1) (was: opera under linuxemu)

[Pietro Gagliardi <pietro10@mac.com>]

Ah, okay, I thought it worked with your INDEX file. I'll prepare one  
for 12 now.

On Jan 3, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Federico G. Benavento wrote:

> pietro, do you have packages on sources created with contrib(1)?
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 8:09 PM, Pietro Gagliardi <pietro10@mac.com> wrote:
>> term% /n/sources/contrib/fgb/root/rc/bin/list pietro
>> pietro/*:
>> term%
>>
>> How do I fix this with my own archive? It should say at least
>>
>> 12: print date/time in 12-hour format
>>
>>
>> On Jan 3, 2008, at 5:50 PM, Federico G. Benavento wrote:
>>
>>> hola,
>>>
>>>> What about a
>>>> contrib/386 contrib/src
>>>> so that we could pull most/all of contribs just at a go?
>>>
>>> we (me and steve) have been playing and testing some tools
>>> to help with this:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      CONTRIB(1)                                              
>>> CONTRIB(1)
>>>
>>>      NAME
>>>           create, install, pull, push, remove - trivial package
>>>           management
>>>
>>>      SYNOPSIS
>>>           contrib/create [ -d dependency ] [ -r root ] [ -u user ] [
>>>           -x exclude ] name proto
>>>           contrib/install [ -f ] [ -r root ] user/name
>>>           contrib/list [ -v ] [ user | user/name ]
>>>           contrib/pull [ -c file ] [ -s file ] name
>>>           contrib/push name
>>>           contrib/remove name
>>>
>>>      DESCRIPTION
>>>           Contrib is a simple package management system based on
>>>           replica(1). It can be used to create, install, upgrade and
>>>           remove software packages in the sources repository. To  
>>> cre-
>>>           ate a package and become its maintainer it is necessary to
>>>           have an authenticated sources account and a contrib direc-
>>>           tory /n/sources/contrib/$user.
>>>
>>>           Contrib/create
>>>                Create builds a new package name, and performs an  
>>> ini-
>>>                tial push to sources. The file structure is  
>>> defined by
>>>                proto. Dependencies can be specified with the -d name
>>>                option.  If the package is staged away from its final
>>>                destination a root directory for the published  
>>> package
>>>                may be specified with -r root. If the user has a dif-
>>>                ferent name for their sources account from their cur-
>>>                rent user account then this may be specified with the
>>>                -u user option. Use the -x option to exclude the
>>>                exclude files from the synchronization.
>>>
>>>                When create runs it puts the current window into hold
>>>                mode and reads text describing the package.  The  
>>> first
>>>                line of this text is printed by contrib/list and  
>>> should
>>>                be a short summary of the package's contents.
>>>
>>>           Contrib/install
>>>                Install the package name maintained by the user  
>>> user to
>>>                the local file system. The -f option forces the  
>>> instal-
>>>                lation to continue irrespective of missing dependent
>>>                packages. Packages are normally installed at /  
>>> however
>>>                an alternative root directory may be specified  
>>> with -r
>>>                root.
>>>
>>>           Contrib/list
>>>                List the available packages and a one line  
>>> description
>>>                of each. The -v option produces a more verbose multi-
>>>                line form.
>>>
>>>           Contrib/pull
>>>                Update the local package name from sources. Locally
>>>                modified files cause a warning and are not  
>>> overwritten
>>>                unless the -c or -s options are used - as  
>>> described in
>>>                replica(1).
>>>
>>>           Contrib/push
>>>                Used by the package maintainer to update the package
>>>                name on sources from the local system.
>>>
>>>           Contrib/remove
>>>                Print the commands necessary to remove the package
>>>                name, this allows the commands to be edited before  
>>> they
>>>                are sent to the shell.  The commands printed for  
>>> files
>>>                which have been modified with respect to the  
>>> repository
>>>                are commented out.
>>>
>>>      EXAMPLE
>>>           Install the abaco web browser.
>>>
>>>           % contrib/install fgb/abaco
>>>
>>>      FILES
>>>           /usr/$user/lib/replica          databases of packages cre-
>>>                                           ated locally.
>>>           /dist/replica/*                 databases of packages
>>>                                           installed locally.
>>>           /n/sources/contrib/rob/replica  database of rob's  
>>> packages.
>>>           /n/sources/contrib/rob/root     files representing in  
>>> rob's
>>>                                           packages.
>>>
>>>      SOURCE
>>>           /rc/bin/contrib
>>>
>>>      SEE ALSO
>>>           proto(2), replica(1), replica(8)
>>>
>>>      BUGS
>>>           Send bug reports to benavento@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> it's working quite well, for instance I can do
>>>
>>> lotte% contrib/list fgb
>>> fgb/4th: 4tH 3.5b - Forth-like interpreter.
>>> fgb/abaco: Abaco: lame web browser for Plan 9, eternally a work in
>>> progress.
>>> fgb/breakout: Breakout - breakout/arkanoid clone.
>>> fgb/bz2: BZ2 library for APE
>>> fgb/contrib: Contrib - Trivial Package Management
>>> fgb/curses: PDCurses 3.0 library for APE.
>>> ...
>>>
>>> to install it you do:
>>>
>>> % 9fs sources; /n/sources/contrib/fgb/root/rc/bin/contrib/install
>>> fgb/contrib
>>>
>>> Federico G. Benavento
>>>
>>> ---
>>> /bin/fortune:
>>> If you think before you speak the other guy gets his joke in first.
>>>
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> -- 
> Federico G. Benavento