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2.2 KiB
93 lines
2.2 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Dimitar Toshkov Zhekov
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.TH BIZE 8 "15 Mar 2004"
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.SH NAME
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bize \- ROCK-Linux .tar.bz2 package manager
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.BI "bize -i [-t] [-v] [-f] [-R " root "] " package1.tar.bz2
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.BI ...
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.LP
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.BI "bize -r [-t] [-v] [-f] [-R " root "] " package1 " ..."
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B bize
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is a shell script capable of installing, updating and removing
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ROCK-Linux .tar.bz2 package files. It implements a subset of
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.B mine
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options.
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.SS Requirements
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.BR which " (or " type "), " sort ", " rm ", " rmdir ", "
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.BR mkdir ", " tar " and " bzip2 ", and also " md5sum ", "
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unless
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.B "\-f"
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is specified.
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All these are standard programs present in any Linux system, but
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.B bize
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checks for them on startup anyway.
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.PP
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The operating system must be able to remove files being in use.
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All Linux systems have this ability.
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.SS Compatibility
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The .tar.bz2 and .gem formats are not compatible. Packages
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installed with
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.B bize
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can be removed with
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.B mine
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and vice-versa.
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.B bize
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has not been tested with ROCK-Linux 1.6 or earlier. Some of the
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ROCK-Linux 1.7.0+ targets produce .tar.bz2 packages only.
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.SS Effectiveness
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.B bize
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installs packages slightly faster than
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.BR "mine "
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and removes them about 25% faster (but see
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.BR BUGS).
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More time is usually required to remove a package than to install
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it, so
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.B bize
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is, overall, about 15% faster than
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.BR mine .
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Needless to say, your mileage may vary.
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.PP
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The .tar.bz2 packages are a bit smaller than the .gem packages and
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are created a bit faster.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B "\-i"
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Install or update packages.
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.TP
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.B "\-r"
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Remove packages.
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.TP
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.B "\-t"
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Test mode. Show what will happen without doing it.
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.TP
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.B "\-v"
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Be verbose.
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.TP
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.B "\-f"
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Force removal/replacement of the modified files.
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.TP
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.BI "\-r " root
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Use
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.I root
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as root directory instead of
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.BR / .
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.TP
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.B "\-\-"
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Terminate the option list.
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.SH BUGS
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.B bize
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will try to compute md5sum for any file with an md5sum entry,
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even for devices and pipes. A normally built and installed ROCK-
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Linux package includes md5sum entries for the regular files only.
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.PP
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.B bize
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doesn't make backups, because I don't like them (of course, any
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modified files are preserved unless
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.B "\-f"
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is specified).
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.B mine
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makes backups, so this is listed as a bug.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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GEM-MINE
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