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amigo · Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 2226

I'm working on some tweaks to the portion of my src2pkg program which creates pet packages. It can create packages for both old-style puppyies or those using the woof build system. I need to know how to determine (from a running script) if the running version is a woof build or old-style. I used to know how to do this, but seem to have forgotten.
IIRC, it had something to do with the PUP_SPECS file or maybe it was a file in /root/.packages. anyway, woof builds contain a file which was not in earlier versions. Can some sharp someone tell me how to do this. This is so that src2pkg can create the proper *.specs file and package database entries.

MinHundHettePerro · Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 847 Location: SE

Hello,

older puppies had a three-digit version number in /etc/puppyversion, while woof-built puppies have version info in /etc/DISTRO_SPECS.

Puppy214X has both these files, but that's probably an exception.

hth Smile

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MHHP

amigo · Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 2226

/etc/DISTRO_SPECS must have been what I was thinking of. Hopefully more clarification or confirmation will come through. It may be that 2.14X has integrated the newer version of PPM, so it should be treated as a newer version. The distinction I'm after is the type of package database which is used.

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1747

Hey Gilbert

I havent used or built any woof type packages
( I stopped doing that with puppy 4.12 I can
still help out with the older format though ) but
the tips you need would come from this script petspec you most likely need an update of it
http://208.109.22.214/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=441544&sid=547903e3f5a512123bc5c234c8b25129

*BTW that script wouldnt run for me as is (I am not on the base system it requires)
but the info is what you are looking for

someone should be able to help with the new format
that is currently building with those packages

Joe

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2373 Location: UK

MinHundHettePerro · Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 847 Location: SE

Thinking a bit more:
I suppose the file root/.packages/woof-installed-packages would be unique to woof-built puppies, it's created in the woof-build process.

hth Smile

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MHHP

amigo · Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 2226

Okay, MinHundHettePerro, that seems to be more or less what I'm after. I'm not really concerned with the version number -I just need to kow that PPM is using the later database style -or not.

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2373 Location: UK

amigo · Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 2226

"any Puppy that has DISTRO_SPECS" and any puppy that does not have DISTRO_SPECS will be one which does not use the modern PPM database entries like this:

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5463 Location: Finland

Here is more info of the newer database format:
http://bkhome.org/woof/pkg-db-format.htm

Sit Heel Speak · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 2595 Location: downwind

More food for thought: here, concerning the "rationalized file names" which have been in force since September 2010.