xut : xtra user templates

Build and install packages for Void Linux, from the abyss-packages unofficial repo

This script is in the alpha stage.

Why and how

The xbps-src package builder for voidlinux is a really powerful tool, but it only works with a single repository, the void-packages repo. The only straightforward way to add software to repo provide it in an accessible way to the users is to send PRs and be accepted. That created a well-maintained and curated repository by the distribution developers but impedes the inclusion of software that the same maintainers decide - for entirely valid reasons - to not accept.

xut tries to provide a solution for users that need more packages that cannot be provided in the official repos. It clones both the void-packages and abyss-packages repository (and other third party repos), merges the templates from unofficial repos to the clone of void-packages and installs sw with a single command.

Install and setup

1. Clone this repo, change into the xut/ subdirectory and install using the Makefile.

2. Use the xutconf.sample if you want to modify configuration.

3. The script depends on:

   • sh and the posix userland,
   • xbps >= 0.60,
   • git,
   • mktemp,
   • the xi tool from the xtools package which requires a working sudo configuration, (for installation/update).
   • the tput tool from ncurses (optional).

   Note that xut will run in other distributions that have the above tools available, but installing (-i) and upgrading (-u) packages is disabled. In this case, xi is not needed.

Todo

• Deal with shlibs in order to package more complex sw or modified packages from the upstream repos.
• Implement a way to handle package updates gracefully. [-u argument]
• Search for a practical way to enable more than one unofficial repos [naive implementation merged from the manyrepos branch] (Inteligent merging by @zenobit available from 0.4.0).
• ... (suggestions are welcome, working code even more welcome)

Usage

xut [options]

OPTIONS	Info
-s	Sync the repos
-l	Keep a log file (5 most recent log files remain)
-h	Display this usage information.
-d	Enable debugging and logging output.
-b <package1,package2>	Build a (comma-separated) list of packages.
-i <package1,package2>	Build and install a (comma-separated) list of packages.
-x	Give xbps-src commands.
-q	Search for in available templates.
-u	Update packages.

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Examples

• Build packages (without installing them):

xut -b package1,package2

• Sync repos and install packages:

xut -si package1,package2

• Use the above command with logging enabled:

xut -sli package1,package2

• Execute an xbps-command in the merged repo:

xut -x <command>

• Update packages after syncing repos:

xut -su