[Pkgutil-users] pkgutil 2nd b-day and new beta released!

[Peter B. <bon...@op...>]

Today it's been two years since the first release of pkgutil. :-)

To start with, last year I wrote about some possible future
enhancements, let's revisit them:

- New catalog format

 - - This one has not happened. I have designed a more powerful
catalog format but changing the infrastructure needed to
create/distribute the new catalog also takes work and it might not be
worth it right now since I got the addition I most needed to the
existing catalog format - Incompatible dependencies.

- Package split up into basic pkgutil with no dependencies and an
extension package which enhances the functionality. To start with,
bldcat and chkcat will be placed in the new package.

 - - This is done. Pkgutil is the basic package still with no
dependencies, pkgutilplus is the extension package needing quite a few
dependencies since both perl and python scripts are included.

- More tools, e.g. a script to create the file structure needed to run a mirror

 - - This is delivered in pkgutilplus, contributed by Dagobert Michelsen.

- Log of pkgutil actions

 - - This is also in pkgutilplus in the form of a simple hook script,
look for pkgutillog.

- Install packages from Sun DVD's

 - - There's also a script for this in pkgutilplus, contributed by
Maciej Blizinski, look for build_sun_catalog.

So, to sum it up, most things have been implemented. What I really
want to do now is to implement unit testing so new/changed code
doesn't break previous functionality.

I have also released a new beta for you to test. It's beta 1 of
version 2.2. This is the almost complete change log:

- Add option --deptree to display dependencies in a similar way to
ptree (3078744@SF)
- Add option -A/--compare-avail to compare catalog with local packages
(Mark Bannister)
- Add auto mode install/remove (on the fly --yes) (Ben Walton)
- New option (deptree_filter_common) in pkgutil.conf to filter
CSWcommon from --deptree output
- Add long option name, --compare-diff, to -C (Mark Bannister)
- Modify download list output (4530@OpenCSW) (Dago, Sebastian)
- Add list of downloaded packages when using -d (Dago)
- Add info about which catalog is being gpg checked (Mark Bannister)
- Display number of loaded packages per catalog (when updating the
catalog or using debug) (Mark Bannister)
- Group install/remove output better (Dago)
- Change default ibiblio-URL to
http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/opencsw/current
- User agent example in pkgutil.conf

Easy install with: pkgutil -t
http://buildfarm.opencsw.org/opencsw/experimental/bonivart -i pkgutil

Direct links: http://buildfarm.opencsw.org/experimental/bonivart/pkgutil-2.2b1,REV=2010.10.07-SunOS5.8-sparc-CSW.pkg.gz,
http://buildfarm.opencsw.org/experimental/bonivart/pkgutil-2.2b1,REV=2010.10.07-SunOS5.8-i386-CSW.pkg.gz,
http://buildfarm.opencsw.org/experimental/bonivart/pkgutilplus-2.2b1,REV=2010.10.07-SunOS5.8-all-CSW.pkg.gz

SVN: http://pkgutil.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pkgutil/trunk/

More info about pkgutil here: http://pkgutil.net/


Happy downloading and may your packages install with exit status 0.

-- 
/peter bonivart