"Pacote" (Portuguese for "package", pronounced /pɐˈkɔ.tɨ/) is a set of
SVR4-compatible package managenment tools, but made in a modernist and cleaner
way.
This originally was created as a project with the intent of learning the Go
programming language and (re)documenting the SVR4 package manager specification,
but it is really meant to be a solid, modern and safe implementation of the SVR4
package manager for the 21st century, working as a base for any extensions that
can be made in any language that supports calling commands from the PATH.
Everything here is a big "TO DO", since it's part of a really big project and we do not have enough workforce to fight in all the fronts simultaniously, so there are things that could've been made in some days and that took literal months to get done --- not even talking about fixes that would need to be made.
There is also the official documentation, which is served at https://tabula.pindorama.dob.jp/pacote and has its source at the Silicon Tabula repository.
.e: 0 bytes file that means literally "exists", add it to a empty directory
that need in some way to appear in git's source tree;.markdown: Markdown files;.go: Source code for programs written in the Go programming language;.ksh: ksh file script;.pdf: PDF document (please, use DjVu);.djvu: DjVu document.This project currently implements the following tools:
| Command | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| pkgproto(1) | Generate a prototype(4) file for input to the pkgmk(1) command. | W.I.P.; Almost finished, lacks the ability to alias directories properly |
| pkginfo(1) | Display software package information. | W.I.P.; parser done |
The following tools shall be implemented in coming days, weeks, months or, in the worst case scenario, years.
| Command | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| pkgmk(1) | Create an software package. | Planning |
| pkgadd(8) | Install a software package. | Planning |
| pkgrm(8) | Remove a software package. | Planning |
| pkgask(8) | Store answers to a request script. | Planning |
| pkgtrans(1) | "Translate" packages between datastream formats. According to the specification, it is used for copying packages into a distribution medium. |
Planning |
| pkgchk(8) | Check if a package is impartial. | Planning |
| pkginfo(1) | Displays information about a software package. This shall be simple, since it is only based on parsing the pkginfo(5) file from a package. |
W.I.P. |
| pkgparam(1) | Displays package parameters, declared at pkginfo(5). In fact, it's basically like pkginfo(1), but it displays the file instead of parsing it for displaying separate values. This shall also be simple. |
Planning |
| installf(8) | Installs files into an already installed software package. In theory, this basically just edits the database and copies the file to the file system. |
Planning |
| removef(8) | Removes files from an already installed software package. In theory, this also just edits the database and deletes the file in the file system. |
Planning |