pkgrebuild

NAME

pkgrebuild - a tool to build an pkg package from an installed package  

SYNTAX

pkgrebuild [option] <packagename>  

DESCRIPTION

pkgrebuild is a tool to build easily pkg package. It can be used to build a pkg file from an installed package (lost pkg) or to quickly make change to a package: just have your change on installed files and call pkgrebuild.  

OPTIONS

-1|--one-part

change number of parts in the setinfo to 1. Meanfull only for sets.

-a|--additional=<flags>

pass additional flags to pkgmk

-b|--batch

work in batch mode (no interactive query if files change)

-d|--device=<device>

pkg package will be written to the <device>. Unlike pkgmk, device can be not only absolute but relative path too.

-e|--edit-pkginfo

open the generated pkginfo file with your favorite editor before pkg build. It can be used as "breakpoint" for doing some other changes in the package

-L|--libdir=<dir>

pkgrebuild library dir. Default - /usr/lib/pkgrebuild. Should be used only when package installed in non-standard place.

-n|--noclear

do not remove prototype and pkginfo files.

-h|--help

Output help information and exit.

-o|--overwrite

pass '-o' (overwrite) option to the pkgmk

-p|--proto-only

only generate prototype, no packaging.

-V|--version

Output version information and exit.

-w|--work-dir=<dir>

specify working directory. Default - $(./tmp).

FILES

$(WORKDIR)/$package

working directory

$(WORKDIR)/$package/prototype

"main" prototype file

$(WORKDIR)/$package/prototype.info

prototype file with info files

$(WORKDIR)/$package/prototype.fdb

prototype file with file list (from db)

$(WORKDIR)/$package/prototype.fil

prototype file with (possible modified) file list

$(WORKDIR)/$package/pkginfo

pkginfo file

$(WORKDIR)/$package/setinfo

setinfo file

/var/spool/pkg

default pkgmk's output device

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

VISUAL

used to specify an editor for pkginfo file. if not set EDITOR variable examined.

EDITOR

used to specify an editor for pkginfo file. if not set vi used.

AUTHORS

See <URL:http://pkgrebuild.sourceforge.net/>.

NOTES

pkgrebuild know nothing about packages part, so it put everything in part 1.

COPYRIGHT

pkgrebuild is copyright(©) 2003 by Valery Reznic.
this program is distributed under GNU General Public License
It is provided "as is", without any express or implied warranties. See the file COPYING for details.  

SEE ALSO

pkgmk(1), pkgtrans(1), pkgchk(1M), pkginfo(4), setinfo(4),

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AUTHORS

NOTES

COPYRIGHT

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