source: pkgmngt/packageManager.xml@ de84c00

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<!ENTITY buildtime "Approximate build time">
<!ENTITY diskspace "Required disk space">
<!ENTITY dependencies "Installation depends on">
<!ENTITY testsuites "Test suite depends on">
<!ENTITY before "Must be installed before">
<!ENTITY external "Optional dependencies">
<!ENTITY debian-pool "http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/pool/main/">
<!ENTITY dpkg-version "1.16.1.2">
<!ENTITY dpkg-size "5,236 KB">
<!ENTITY dpkg-url "&debian-pool;d/dpkg/dpkg_&dpkg-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY dpkg-md5 "068ae5e650e54968230de19d6c4e2241">
<!ENTITY dpkg-home "http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg">
<!ENTITY dpkg-ch5-du "5 MB">
<!ENTITY dpkg-ch5-sbu "0.4 SBU">
<!ENTITY dpkg-ch6-du "5 MB">
<!ENTITY dpkg-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">
]>
<article>

<sect1 id="package">
  <?dbhtml filename="packages.html"?>

  <title>All Packages</title>

  <para>Download or otherwise obtain the following packages:</para>

  <variablelist role="materials">

    <varlistentry>
      <term>Dpkg (&dpkg-version;) - <token>&dpkg-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Home page: <ulink url="&dpkg-home;"/></para>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&dpkg-url;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&dpkg-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

  </variablelist>

</sect1>
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<sect1 id="patches">
  <?dbhtml filename="patches.html"?>

  <title>Needed Patches</title>

  <para>In addition to the package(s), zero or more patches are also required.
  These patches correct any mistakes in the packages that should be
  fixed by the maintainer.  The patches also make small modifications to
  make the packages easier to work with. The following patches will be
  needed to build an LFS system:</para>

  <variablelist role="materials">

    <varlistentry>
      <term>Dpkg Some Patch - <token>&dpkg-somepatche-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&somepatch-url;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&somepatch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

  </variablelist>

</sect1>
-->

<sect1 id="ch-tools-pkgmngt" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="dpkg.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>dpkg</productname>
    <productnumber>&dpkg-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&dpkg-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Dpkg-&dpkg-version;</title>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>This is my choice of package manager. Dpkg is the basic package
    manager of Debian. It can be complemented by deselect (in the same
    package), apt or aptitude. We use it in a very crude way.</para>
    
    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&dpkg-ch5-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&dpkg-ch5-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Dpkg</title>

    <para>Since Debian is shipping its own package, all patches have already
    been applied. However, the <command>configure</command> script calls
    <command>dpkg</command> itself, which is found only on Debian hosts. The
    following <command>sed</command> command prevents that call:</para>

    <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed '/\$v[{]DEB_BUILD/d' \
          -i scripts/dpkg-architecture.pl</userinput></screen>

    <para> Configure the package:</para>

    <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools \
    --disable-nls --without-dselect \
    --without-start-stop-daemon \
    --without-update-alternatives \
    --without-install-info \
    --without-zlib --with-bz2=static --without-selinux</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--without-dselect</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Avoids building <command>dselect</command>, an
          awful thing!</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--without-start-stop-daemon</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The utility <command>start-stop-daemon</command>
          is not needed here.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--without-update-alternatives</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Same for <command>update-alternatives</command>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--without-install-info</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Debian <command>install-info</command> is a wrapper to
          <command>install-info</command> installed by Texinfo. Not
          needed either.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

    <screen><userinput remap="make">(cd lib  &amp;&amp; make)
(cd src &amp;&amp; make)
(cd dpkg-deb &amp;&amp; make)
(cd dpkg-split &amp;&amp; make)</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Install only the needed files:</para>

    <screen><userinput remap="install">cp src/dpkg src/dpkg-* /tools/bin
cp dpkg-deb/dpkg-deb /tools/bin
cp dpkg-split/dpkg-split /tools/bin
mkdir -pv /tools/etc/dpkg/{,dpkg.cfg.d}
cp debian/dpkg.cfg /tools/etc/dpkg</userinput></screen>

    <para>Add a line in <filename>dpkg.cfg</filename> to
    tell where to put administration files</para>

    <screen><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /tools/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg &lt;&lt; EOF
# admindir on LFS system
admindir /var/lib/dpkg
EOF</userinput></screen>

    <para>On a Debian system, <command>dpkg</command> relies on two other
    files to be present. Since we do not install them, issue:</para>

    <screen><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /tools/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg &lt;&lt; EOF
# disable fatal error on path checking
force-bad-path
EOF</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="ch-pkgmngt-creatingdirs">
  <?dbhtml filename="creatingdirs.html"?>

  <title>Adding Directories for package management</title>

  <para>Those directories should be added to the system.
  <filename>/var/lib/dpkg</filename> and subdirectories are
  adminitrative directories of <command>dpkg</command>.
  <filename>/var/log</filename> is the log directory for
  <command>dpkg</command>. <filename>/var/lib/packages</filename>
  will be used to store our packages.deb files.</para>

  <screen><userinput>mkdir -pv /var/{log,lib/dpkg/{info,updates}}
mkdir -pv /var/lib/packages</userinput></screen>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="ch-pkgmngt-createfiles">
  <?dbhtml filename="createfiles.html"?>

  <title>Adding administrative files for Dpkg</title>
  <para><command>dpkg</command> needs that some files exist to run
  for the first time. The log file must exist in order to be
  used.</para>

  <screen><userinput>touch /var/lib/dpkg/{available,status}
touch /var/log/dpkg.log</userinput></screen>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="ch-system-pkgmngt" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="dpkg.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>dpkg</productname>
    <productnumber>&dpkg-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&dpkg-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Dpkg-&dpkg-version;</title>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>This is my choice of package manager. Dpkg is the basic package
    manager of Debian. It can be complemented by deselect (in the same
    package), apt or aptitude. We use it in a very crude way.</para>
    
    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&dpkg-ch6-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&dpkg-ch6-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Dpkg</title>

    <para>Since Debian is shipping its own package, all patches have already
    been applied. We can go directly to configuring it:</para>

    <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
        --sysconfdir=/etc \
        --localstatedir=/var \
        --without-dselect \
        --without-start-stop-daemon \
        --without-update-alternatives \
        --without-install-info \
        --without-selinux</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--without-dselect</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Avoids building <command>dselect</command>, an
          awful thing!</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--without-start-stop-daemon</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The utility <command>start-stop-daemon</command>
          is not needed here.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--without-update-alternatives</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Same for <command>update-alternatives</command>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--without-install-info</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Debian <command>install-info</command> is a wrapper to
          <command>install-info</command> installed by Texinfo. Not
          needed either.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">mkdir -pv $PKG_DEST
make DESTDIR=$PKG_DEST install
mkdir -pv $PKG_DEST/etc/dpkg/{,dpkg.cfg.d}
cp debian/dpkg.cfg $PKG_DEST/etc/dpkg</userinput></screen>

    <para>Add a line in <filename>dpkg.cfg</filename> to
    tell where to put administration files</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">cat &gt;&gt; $PKG_DEST/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg &lt;&lt; EOF
# admindir on LFS system
admindir /var/lib/dpkg
EOF</userinput></screen>

<!-- Is this needed in chapter 06 -->
    <para>On a Debian system, <command>dpkg</command> relies on two other
    files (<command>ldconfig</command> and maybe <command>update-rc.d</command>)
    to be present. Since we do not install them, issue:</para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg &lt;&lt; EOF
# disable fatal error on path checking
force-bad-path
EOF</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

</sect1>
</article>