[arch-general] Post-packaging modification tool
I have a large set of already packages (300+) that I'd like to make some minor modifications to the meta data in. Since it takes a few hours to build them all I'd prefer to avoid dong that. So, is there a tool out there that allows me to make some minor changes to the meta data of a package? To be specific, I'd like to add a `provides` to each and every package. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true. -- Albert Einstein
2015-04-28 18:50 GMT+02:00 Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org>:
I have a large set of already packages (300+) that I'd like to make some minor modifications to the meta data in. Since it takes a few hours to build them all I'd prefer to avoid dong that. So, is there a tool out there that allows me to make some minor changes to the meta data of a package?
A package is just a tar.xz, so you can simply unzip it, edit the .PKGINFO file, and zip it again. (I think)
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Sebastiaan Lokhorst < sebastiaanlokhorst@gmail.com> wrote:
2015-04-28 18:50 GMT+02:00 Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org>:
I have a large set of already packages (300+) that I'd like to make some minor modifications to the meta data in. Since it takes a few hours to build them all I'd prefer to avoid dong that. So, is there a tool out there that allows me to make some minor changes to the meta data of a package?
A package is just a tar.xz, so you can simply unzip it, edit the .PKGINFO file, and zip it again. (I think)
Alternatively, if the PKGBUILD is updated makepkg has an option to --repackage without redoing build() Editing .PKGINFO might be faster, but repackaging is the "correct" way to do it, for however much that's worth. -- Eli Schwartz
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 07:18:12PM +0200, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote:
2015-04-28 18:50 GMT+02:00 Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org>:
I have a large set of already packages (300+) that I'd like to make some minor modifications to the meta data in. Since it takes a few hours to build them all I'd prefer to avoid dong that. So, is there a tool out there that allows me to make some minor changes to the meta data of a package?
A package is just a tar.xz, so you can simply unzip it, edit the .PKGINFO file, and zip it again. (I think)
I've opened one and taken a look inside and there are checksums for all files in it, including the .PKGINFO. So I'm guessing that just editing the .PKGINFO isn't enough. Not that much of a problem though, but if someone else has already solved it I'd rather borrowing that solution :) /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus As long as there are ill-defined goals, bizarre bugs, and unrealistic schedules, there will be Real Programmers willing to jump in and Solve The Problem, saving the documentation for later. Long live Fortran! -- Ed Post
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 03:19:25PM -0500, Eli Schwartz wrote:
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Sebastiaan Lokhorst < sebastiaanlokhorst@gmail.com> wrote:
2015-04-28 18:50 GMT+02:00 Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org>:
I have a large set of already packages (300+) that I'd like to make some minor modifications to the meta data in. Since it takes a few hours to build them all I'd prefer to avoid dong that. So, is there a tool out there that allows me to make some minor changes to the meta data of a package?
A package is just a tar.xz, so you can simply unzip it, edit the .PKGINFO file, and zip it again. (I think)
Alternatively, if the PKGBUILD is updated makepkg has an option to --repackage without redoing build()
Editing .PKGINFO might be faster, but repackaging is the "correct" way to do it, for however much that's worth.
That might be the easiest way, unless someone's already written a tool that solves the problem. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. -- Martin Fowler
On 28 April 2015 at 23:04, Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 03:19:25PM -0500, Eli Schwartz wrote:
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Sebastiaan Lokhorst < sebastiaanlokhorst@gmail.com> wrote:
2015-04-28 18:50 GMT+02:00 Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org>:
I have a large set of already packages (300+) that I'd like to make some minor modifications to the meta data in. Since it takes a few hours to build them all I'd prefer to avoid dong that. So, is there a tool out there that allows me to make some minor changes to the meta data of a package?
A package is just a tar.xz, so you can simply unzip it, edit the .PKGINFO file, and zip it again. (I think)
Alternatively, if the PKGBUILD is updated makepkg has an option to --repackage without redoing build()
Editing .PKGINFO might be faster, but repackaging is the "correct" way to do it, for however much that's worth.
That might be the easiest way, unless someone's already written a tool that solves the problem.
Unfortunately `pacman -R` won't work. It will re-run the `package()` function in the PKGBUILD, meaning that it relies on the packaged SW's build system (Makefile, or similar) to first install the built stuff in `$pkgdir`. Since I only have the packages I can't easily recreate a complete `$srcdir` without first compiling... so I suppose I'll have to look into the details of the package format and come up with some script to modify it directly. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus
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