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     10 Subject: distribution sets, etc...
     11 Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 05:02:11 -0400
     12 From: "Chris G. Demetriou" <cgd (a] alpha.bostic.com>
     13 Status: R
     14 
     15 [ this is also going in a README in the 'sets' directory... ]
     16 
     17 well, i've finally sat down and started doing distribution set
     18 stuff in a "nice, machine-independent way."  Should have done
     19 it months ago, but too much other stuff going on then...
     20 
     21 anyway, grab ~cgd/sets.tar.gz -- it's three scripts, and a bunch
     22 of files.
     23 
     24 the scripts should be run from the directory where they reside.
     25 
     26 makeflist:	output the list of files that should be in a
     27 		distribution, according to the contents of the
     28 		'lists' directory.
     29 
     30 checkflist:	check the file list (as internally generated
     31 		by makeflist) against the tree living in $DESTDIR.
     32 		(that tree should be made with 'make distribution'.)
     33 
     34 maketars:	make tarballs of the various sets in the distribution,
     35 		based on the contents of the lists, the tree in
     36 		$DESTDIR, and put the tarballs in $RELEASEDIR.
     37 		Note that this script _doesn't_ create the 'secr'
     38 		distribution, because (for now) it requires
     39 		manual intervention to get the binaries right...
     40 		(i'll add another script to create that dist, later.)
     41 
     42 what's in 'lists':
     43 
     44 lists describing file sets.  There are two sets of lists per file
     45 set: machine dependent and machine-independent files. (there's
     46 also another file in the 'man' dir, which is used by the 'man'
     47 and 'misc' sets, but that's explained later.)
     48 
     49 There is one machine-independent file, named "mi".  There are
     50 N machine-dependent files (one per architecture), named "md.${ARCH}".
     51 
     52 the sets are as follows:
     53 
     54 	secr:	security software -- the non-exportable bits, i.e.
     55 		those that actually use crypt, and have it compiled
     56 		in.
     57 
     58 	base:	the base binary set.  excludes everything described
     59 		below.
     60 
     61 	comp:	compiler tools.  All of the tools relating to C, C++,
     62 		and FORTRAN (yes, there are two!) that are in the
     63 		tree.  This includes includes, the linker, tool chain,
     64 		and the .a versions of the libraries.  (obviously,
     65 		base includes ldd, ld.so, and the shared versions.
     66 		base also includes 'cpp', because that's used by X11.)
     67 		includes the man pages for all the binaries contained
     68 		within.  Also, includes all library and system call
     69 		manual pages.
     70 
     71 	etc:	/etc, and associated files (/var/cron/tabs, /root,
     72 		etc.).  things that shouldn't be blindly reinstalled
     73 		on an upgrade.
     74 
     75 	games:	the games and their man pages.
     76 
     77 	man:	all of the man pages for the system, except those
     78 		listed elsewhere (e.g. in comp, games, misc, text).
     79 		Includes machine-dependent man pages for this CPU.
     80 
     81 	misc:	share/dict, share/doc, and the machine-dependent
     82 		man pages for other cpu's which happen to always
     83 		be installed.
     84 
     85 	text:	text processing tools.  groff and all of its friends.
     86 		includes man pages for all bins contained within.
     87 
     88 
     89 as noted, in addition to the "standard" files in each dir, there's
     90 a file called 'md_share' in lists/man.  it's the list of man pages
     91 that are installed from /usr/src/share, which are machine-dependent.
     92 (note that ones that are installed from elsewhere, and thus are
     93 installed on only one architecture, are listed in the md.${ARCH}
     94 file.)  basically, it's grepped through, to see which of the
     95 machine-dependent man pages that are always installed should go
     96 in the 'man' set, and which should go into the 'misc' set.
     97 
     98 
     99 I've made attempts to get the md files for the amiga, i386, hp300,
    100 pc532, and sparc done.  I've not attempted the rest (though there
    101 are empty files for all architectures except the da30, in the
    102 various directories).  I think i got the amiga, i386, and sparc
    103 done correctly, but i know that (because of weirdnesses in how
    104 their last snapshots were built) i didn't get hp300 or pc532
    105 done right.
    106 
    107 what you folks need to do:
    108 
    109 run 'checkflist' on a tree that you've created with 'make
    110 distribution'.  send me the output, and i'll take care of putting
    111 stuff on the right lists for you.  In the future, you'll get
    112 to do it yourselves, as you add programs and include files, but
    113 i'd prefer to do it the first time (unless you really want to do it
    114 yourself -- in that case, please ask me to check your suggestions
    115 re: the appropriate sets for things...)  There should be a minimal
    116 list output by checkflist -- it should all be things that
    117 _should_ be on your lsits, but aren't, i.e. machine-dependent
    118 binaries, man pages, and include files.
    119 
    120 Also, please look through the lists, and tell me if you think
    121 i've put anything in the wrong place.  i think i've
    122 taken care of all of the machine-dependence bugaboos, by
    123 doing it for the N architectures, but i'm not _sure_...  8-)
    124 
    125 
    126 thanks,
    127 
    128 chris
    129 
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