spec.py: a frontend to EPM

[onre]

GitHub - sgidevnet/spec.py: Generate the file listing for a spec file to use with EPM

Generate the file listing for a spec file to use with EPM - sgidevnet/spec.py

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This Python script can make packaging a bit easier by doing everything that EPM expects to be done. All you need to provide is the package header file and a working installation of the software you're packaging. Here's an example:

(gcc4)  esp@calcifer ~/epm/gdb-6.8 $ cat header
%product GDB 6.8
%copyright The GNU Project
%vendor SGUG
%license /usr/people/esp/epm/gdb-6.8/LICENSE
%readme /usr/people/esp/epm/gdb-6.8/README
%description The GNU debugger
%version 6.8-01 2019020701
(gcc4)  esp@calcifer ~/epm/gdb-6.8 $ python3 ~/spec.py/spec.py -h header -t -p gdb -e /opt/local/gdb
/usr/people/esp/epm/gdb-6.8/gdb-6.8-01-irix-6.5-mips.tardist
(gcc4)  esp@calcifer ~/epm/gdb-6.8 $ ls -l *tardist
-rw-r--r--    1 esp      user      28021760 Feb 12 04:25 gdb-6.8-01-irix-6.5-mips.tardist

A better name for the thing would be nice. Suggest.

 

[onre]

I've thought of either making this run gendist directly or reverse-engineering the format a bit to figure out how to make tardists directly.