Hi Yaroslav
Thanks a lot for this patch. I'll incorporate it now with the differece
that --major will be called --majordefault.
I'll also add this to the config file for documentation of that feature.
Regards,
// Ola
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 02:58:25AM -0500, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
> Package: debarchiver
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
>
> Dear Ola,
>
> I am sorry to bring this question again, and sorry that I haven't
> filed a wishlist bug to begin with ;-)
>
> Below you can find a patch which provides a very simple feature:
> overriding hard-coded default major ('main') with the one provided in
> command line (if any). The reason I need to change a major
> (main/non-free/etc) is simple. Since my repository is a temporary
> storage for some packages which are in the future to be duploaded, I
> don't want to tune .changes files in any way. That is why I came up
> with a tiny patch to debarchiver which takes care about overriding the
> default major, and now I can organize packages in different majors:
>
> # local -- localy used packages (of limited interest/access for outside
> people)
> # alianed -- packages which are simply alianed rpms
> # perspect -- perspective Debian packages, which can appear in Debian
> main repository and present here temporarily for testin
> # backport -- repackaged versions of official Debian packages
>
> And depending on who is using my repository, he might choose to use
> only specific majors in his /etc/apt/sources.list line
>
> Please consider the patch if you think it might be useful for anyone
> else
>
> --- debarchiver/src/debarchiver.pl 2005-08-21 15:10:55.000000000 -0400
> +++ debarchiver-0.4.1-y1/src/debarchiver.pl 2005-09-12 14:49:41.000000000
> -0400
> @@ -90,6 +90,9 @@
>
> @sections = ('main', 'contrib', 'non-free');
>
> +# Default major
> +$majordefault = 'main';
> +
> @mailtos = ();
>
> @ARGS1 = @ARGV;
> @@ -206,6 +209,7 @@
> This can be used to move away the old packages to
> some other place.
> --instcmd DEPRICATED!
> + --major section Major to use if undefined (default: main)
> -d | --dest dir Destination directory. The base directory where
> all
> --destdir dir the distribution packages reside. Here the
> \$distrib/\$major/\$arch/\$section directory structure
> @@ -250,6 +254,7 @@
> "(relative to input dir) that will be read before the arguments to this
> program
> will be parsed. Here you can change the following variables
> \$destdir The destination directory (see --destdir above).
> + \$majordefault Default major (see --major above).
> \$inputdir The input directory (no effect in $inputconfigfile).
> \$cachedir The cache directory for apt-ftparchive, used if
> --index is used.
> @@ -323,6 +328,10 @@
> $destdir = shift @ARGS2;
> $destdir =~ s/\/$//;
> }
> + elsif (/^--major$/) {
> + $majordefault = shift @ARGS2;
> + $majordefault =~ s/\/$//;
> + }
> elsif (/^--cachedir$/) {
> $cachedir = shift @ARGS2;
> }
> @@ -1648,7 +1657,7 @@
> if ($section =~ /^\s*$/) {
> # on the foo form.
> $section = $major;
> - $major = "main";
> + $major = $majordefault;
> }
> return ($major, $section);
> }
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.13.4
> Locale: LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R (charmap=KOI8-R)
>
>
> --Yarik
>
>
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