From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <32d987d50801031522l38a0d72awe07bff4d2f91430b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 20:22:00 -0300 From: "Federico G. Benavento" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] contrib(1) (was: opera under linuxemu) In-Reply-To: <5C19C100-334B-40E5-B655-4F2814C62087@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2ae4819257562c8664d11069cd86d3d1@yourdomain.dom> <5C19C100-334B-40E5-B655-4F2814C62087@mac.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 269b88de-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 pietro, do you have packages on sources created with contrib(1)? On Jan 3, 2008 8:09 PM, Pietro Gagliardi 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. > > > > -- Federico G. Benavento