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2.2 KiB
92 lines
2.2 KiB
.\" 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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