[arch-general] Tool to create mtree
When looking at the internals of an Arch package I learned about the mtree format. However, I didn't find any tool to create an mtree file myself. Is it really the case that `makepkg` and `pacman` handle mtree files internally, and that Arch completely lacks a tool for working with mtree files? (Yes, I've already found the AUR package at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mtree/) /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus
On 29 April 2015 at 08:43, Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org> wrote:
When looking at the internals of an Arch package I learned about the mtree format. However, I didn't find any tool to create an mtree file myself.
It seems like the line that produces the .MTREE file is simply using `bsdtar`: From https://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/scripts/makepkg.sh.in#n1940: msg2 "$(gettext "Generating .MTREE file...")" LANG=C bsdtar -czf .MTREE --format=mtree \ --options='!all,use-set,type,uid,gid,mode,time,size,md5,sha256,link' \ "${comp_files[@]}" * comp_files+=(".MTREE") -- Sébastien Leblanc
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 09:14:00AM -0400, Sébastien Leblanc wrote:
On 29 April 2015 at 08:43, Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org> wrote:
When looking at the internals of an Arch package I learned about the mtree format. However, I didn't find any tool to create an mtree file myself.
It seems like the line that produces the .MTREE file is simply using `bsdtar`:
From https://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/scripts/makepkg.sh.in#n1940:
msg2 "$(gettext "Generating .MTREE file...")" LANG=C bsdtar -czf .MTREE --format=mtree \
--options='!all,use-set,type,uid,gid,mode,time,size,md5,sha256,link' \ "${comp_files[@]}" * comp_files+=(".MTREE")
Ah, yes, look at that :) Thanks! /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus A system is composed of components: a component is something you understand. -- Professor Howard Aiken
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