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Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: ShiroiKuma on June 03, 2006, 05:31:00 am
So I'm compiling all these packages and making ipks from them, but I can only create the old tar gzipped version of the ipk.

I can't seem to figure out, how, once you have the control.tar.gz debian-binary and data.tar.gz, do you combine them into an ar archive with an ipk ext.

Can someone give me the correct syntax?
Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: koen on June 03, 2006, 05:37:49 am
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So I'm compiling all these packages and making ipks from them, but I can only create the old tar gzipped version of the ipk.

I can't seem to figure out, how, once you have the control.tar.gz debian-binary and data.tar.gz, do you combine them into an ar archive with an ipk ext.

Can someone give me the correct syntax?
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use OE


(or ipkg-build.sh)
Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: ShiroiKuma on June 04, 2006, 05:17:55 pm
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use OE
I'm trying man. Having all kinds of problems. So I'm trying on the Z too...

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(or ipkg-build.sh)
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Where is it? I don't have it in my path on the Z.
Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: ShiroiKuma on June 05, 2006, 01:50:10 am
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(or ipkg-build.sh)
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I only found it [a href=\"http://www.ossh.com/zaurus/mirrors/docs.zaurus.com/ipkg_howto.shtml]here[/url], but it uses the old ipk tar.gz format not ar?

I don't need the whole procedure, I already made a shell script, just need the ar command that archives control.tar.gz data.tar.gz and debian-binary in one file. I've tried many combinations, but keep getting errors.
Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: Meanie on June 05, 2006, 02:39:53 am
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(or ipkg-build.sh)
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I only found it [a href=\"http://www.ossh.com/zaurus/mirrors/docs.zaurus.com/ipkg_howto.shtml]here[/url], but it uses the old ipk tar.gz format not ar?

I don't need the whole procedure, I already made a shell script, just need the ar command that archives control.tar.gz data.tar.gz and debian-binary in one file. I've tried many combinations, but keep getting errors.
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did you try

ar -q blah.ipk ./control.tar.gz ./data.tar.gz ./debian-binary
Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: Greg2 on June 05, 2006, 09:02:41 am
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(or ipkg-build.sh)
Where is it? I don't have it in my path on the Z.
It's in the ipkg-utils ipk in the 3.5.4 base feed.

Greg
Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: ShiroiKuma on June 05, 2006, 10:42:09 am
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It's in the ipkg-utils ipk in the 3.5.4 base feed.
Doh... [Smacks own forehead with a bamboo stick three times]
Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: ShiroiKuma on June 07, 2006, 01:02:12 pm
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It's in the ipkg-utils ipk in the 3.5.4 base feed.
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ipkg-utils depends on python, but there is no such package...

Should the depends be libpython? Or python-core maybe?
Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: Greg2 on June 07, 2006, 03:03:41 pm
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ipkg-utils depends on python, but there is no such package...
If you install from the feeds with a web connection... it will pick up the proper python depends.

That said... the ipkg-build script doesn't need python... so I suppose you could install it with --force-depends.

Greg
Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: ShiroiKuma on June 08, 2006, 04:04:12 am
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If you install from the feeds with a web connection... it will pick up the proper python depends.[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=130289\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
I highly doubt this, because looking in the control file, it lists the depends as "python" among others.

There is no "python_XXXX.ipk" in the feeds, so it can't pick it up.

But if it doesn't need it, I'll force-depends, thanks.
Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: melee on June 10, 2006, 11:19:06 am
Hi

If all you are looking for is the ar line to create the .ipk, Meanie has given it to you.

All these scripts which use perl etc add unnecessary complication to something which is quite simple.

Copy control and debian-binary into /tmp

Create /tmp/hole  and below that recreate the relevant directory structure which mirrors the Z and copy the binaries etc to the relevant parts of it

cd /tmp
tar -cvzf ./control.tar.gz ./control
cd hole
tar -cvzf ../data.tar.gz .
cd ../
ar -q (name_of_ipk).ipk ./control.tar.gz ./data.tar.gz ./debian-binary

I assume ipkg can cope with ar created .ipks, I have never tried it.
The version supplied with the standard Sharp ROM is pretty c**p and has enough trouble with some tar zipped ones.

regards

Melee
Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: ShiroiKuma on June 18, 2006, 03:00:26 am
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If all you are looking for is the ar line to create the .ipk, Meanie has given it to you.
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Yep, works good. Thanks.
Title: Correct Ar Syntax To Create An Ipk
Post by: telemetric_au on April 01, 2007, 12:21:07 am
tar czvf <packagename>.ipk ./control.tar.gz ./data.tar.gz ./debian-binary

http://www.intrinsyc.com/support/i-linux/4...ianpackages.htm (http://www.intrinsyc.com/support/i-linux/405-cube/packages/debianpackages.htm)