Re: [Zero-install-devel] Archive type for PYZ packages without extraction

[Bastian E. <ba...@ei...>]

Ah yes, I completely forgot that <file> doesn't set the executable bit.
@Thomas: Maybe a <file executable="true" ...> attribute would be a useful
extension for a future 0install release?

You are right though, the 0install-y solution is to use a special kind of
binding for this, called a "runner". Something roughly like this:

<implementation ...>
  <file ... />
  <command name="run" path="streamtuner2.pyz">
    <runner interface="http://repo.roscidus.com/python/python"/>
  </command>
</implementation>

The <command> tag replaces the main="..." attribute and allows you to add
additional stuff like the <runner> binding. Unlike <require> bindings a
<runner> must be placed inside a <command>. It tells Zero Install to pass
the command's path to the runner (in this case the Python binary) as a
command-line argument.


-----Original Message-----
From: mario [mailto:ma...@fr...ub] 
Sent: Freitag, 15. Mai 2015 01:41
To: zer...@li...
Subject: Re: [Zero-install-devel] Archive type for PYZ packages without
extraction


Ha okay, thanks. That works as expected indeed.

Albeit it just downloads the file. 0launch can't run it within the
.cache/0install.net/implementations/ cache dir, as the +x bit remains unset
for the PYZ.
It seems <recipe> doesn't help with that either.

So it's probably one of those "bindings" that would run it through another
package implementation? (Apologies, I don't comprehend much of the docs
still.)

Is there perhaps a sample feed on 0install.de that utilizes one of the
existing Python packages properly?
(As far as I can tell, the Netbeans packages for example just utilize an
environment variable, but don't start via OpenJDK runtime as such.)