Inspiration

These tools were written after I had fallen in love with Yahoo!'s internal package management tool: YINST.

pkg.py

• Helper script to get info about packages installed.
• easier set of commands to remember that dpkg/apt-get

usage:
pkg.py cmd [options] [[pkgname]...] [file] [program-options]
   cmd :-
       ls    : list packages
       info  : display pkg information
       help  : display this menu
       which : show which pkg contains the file
   options :-
       --files  : for ls , list files in the pkg
       [file]   : for ls , if a file is specified, it will print the pkg that owns it
   program-options:
             : all these will be sent to the subprocess

pkgcreate.py

• A simple tool to easily create debian packages from a pkg definition file.
• This will allow the pkgdef file to be checked in along with the code
• easy to maintain

usage: pkgcreate.py [-h] [-v] [-k] ...

Debian Pkg Maker

positional arguments:
  pkgfiles

optional arguments:
  -h, --help      show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose   be more verbose (default: False)
  -k, --keeptemp  keep temporary files (default: False)

Format for pkgdef

• For all values, any value between backticks will be evaluated as shell commands

########################################################################
# Meta information
# meta-name [=] meta-value
########################################################################
Package = mytestpkg
Version = `grep ^Version ChangeLog | head -n1 | awk {print $2}`
Maintainer = myname <[email protected]>
Description = Hi! This is a test pkg

########################################################################
# List of files to be packaged
# format: file [=] [conf] [perms=655] destfile [srcfile ... ]
# srcfile : if empty or more than 1 then 
#         : destfile will be created as a directory
# conf : mark this file as a conf file
# perms : NOT IMPLEMENTED
########################################################################

file = /tmp/shell/test1.sh ../shell/test1.sh
file = /tmp/shell1/test.sh  ../shell/test.sh
file = /usr/include/test   ./myfiles/*.h

post-install = ./install.sh
pre-install  = ./install.sh
post-remove  = ./install.sh
pre-remove   = ./install.sh

#service - NOT IMPLEMENTED

Pkg Repo

• Whole pkg repo management in one file
• in built http interface
• upload packages via http.
• to upload just post the pkg to http://localhost:8000?name=pkgname

usage: pkgrepo.py [-h] [-c CONF] [-v] [--setup] [--server] [--remove REMOVE]
                  [-p PORT]

Simple Debian Repository

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CONF, --conf CONF  Conf file (default: None)
  -v, --verbose
  --setup               initialize a repo (default: False)
  --server              run http server (default: False)
  --remove REMOVE       delete a package (default: None)
  -p PORT, --port PORT  server port (default: 8000)

Setup

• create a conf file as below
• run pkgrepo.py -c conffile --server -p 8000
• browse your repo at http://localhost:8000
• upload :
  • curl --request POST --data-binary @testpkg_1.2.deb http://localhost:8000?name=testpkg_1.2&branch=stable

Pkg Repo Conf File

[default]
# absolute path of the repo directory
repodir = /var/lib/package-repo

# supported architectures
architectures = amd64 i386 all

# name of the distribution [oneword]
distname = personal

# supported branches/components
branches = stable test

[releaseinfo]
Origin =  Your Name
Label =  My Personal software
Suite =  hacks
Codename = test
Description =  My Personal releases