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From: Pietro Gagliardi <pietro10@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [9fans] contrib(1) (was: opera under linuxemu)
Date: Thu,  3 Jan 2008 18:09:57 -0500
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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term% /n/sources/contrib/fgb/root/rc/bin/list pietro
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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.
>