[Slackbuilds-users] Sbopkg 0.20.0 Released

[Wade Grant]

On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Chess Griffin <chess at chessgriffin.com> wrote:
>
> Happy New Year!
>
> A new version 0.20.0 of sbopkg has been released with /lots/ of
> updates, new features, and bug fixes -- hence the version jump.  :-)
> Ordinarily, there about 10-15 SVN commits between releases.  This time
> there were close to 50.  I think this is an update that most sbopkg
> users will want to have.
>
> I had lots of great user feedback, patches, and suggestions, which I
> greatly appreciate.  I would especially like to thank Erik Hanson and
> Mauro Giachero for their patches, testing, and suggestions.
>
> NOTE:  There are three changes to the sbopkg.conf file that will be
> required before this new version will run, which are discussed below.
>
> Here are some of the new features and bug fixes in this latest release
> of sbopkg.
>
> New features:
>
> * There is a new -i command line switch which allows the user to build
>  and install packages in a manner similar to the current -b switch
>  for building only.  As with the -b switch, the user can build and
>  install more than one package by listing them in quotes.  And, by
>  carefully listing dependencies in the right order, it might be
>  possible to build and install dependencies and the final, target
>  package in one go, like this:
>
>  # sbopkg -i "imlib2 giblib feh"
>
>  In this case, imlib2 must be built and installed before giblib, both
>  of which need to be built and installed before feh.  Given the
>  nature of building dependencies, this may not always work, but it
>  still may be helpful and useful in many cases.
>
> * Coupled with the new -i switch, there is a new 'build queue' in the
>  dialog interface.  The user can add packages to the queue and then,
>  when ready, can process the queue in the order the packages are
>  listed.  The user can choose to build only or build and install the
>  packages in the queue.  Again, by listing dependencies in the right
>  order, it may be possible to build dependencies and the final,
>  target package in one go like the feh example above.
>
> * After checking for updates, the user is offered the opportunity to
>  add those flagged updates to the build queue automatically.
>
> * When building packages individually outside of the build queue, the
>  user is offered the opportunity to build or build and install the
>  package.
>
> * There is a new -u command line switch, and a corresponding new
>  dialog menu selection, that allows the user to check if there is an
>  update to sbopkg itself.
>
> * A new $DEBUG variable is introduced to the sbopkg.conf file that
>  allow for easier debugging and update list bug reporting.  See the
>  sbopkg.conf man page for more detail.
>
> Bug Fixes:
>
> * Fix issues with the "Installed:/Not Installed" text at the top of
>  info item menu screen.  Thanks to Erik Hanson and Mauro Giachero for
>  assistance with this issue.
>
> * Improve the wording and button labeling of several dialogs; thanks
>  to Erik Hanson for a patch to implement several of these
>  improvements and thanks to The-Croupier for suggestions on another.
>
> * Clean up the customization menu.
>
> * Fix issue with typhoon_2001 not building correctly; thanks to
>  cotterochan for the bug report.
>
> * Fix django download issue due to their weird tarball naming scheme;
>  thanks to David Somero for the bug report.
>
> * Fix mplayer update issue; thanks to all the folks that reported this
>  one.  Clearly, mlayer is a popular app.  :-)
>
> * Fix acroread update issue; thanks to Erik Hanson for the bug report.
>
> * Fix build queue failure issue found in 0.20.0rc1 due to not
>  recovering from control-c cleanly; thanks to Mauro Giachero for the
>  bug report.
>
> * Fix issue found in 0.20.0rc1 where packages could be added to queue
>  more than once which caused some funky behavior; thanks to Mauro
>  Giachero for the bug report.
>
> * Fix issue found in 0.20.0rc1 where customized SlackBuilds were not
>  being used in the build process; thanks to Mauro Giachero for the
>  bug report.
>
> * Fix issue foundi n 0.20.0rc1 where the queue processing would
>  even after removing all packages from the queue; thanks to Mauro
>  Giachero for the bug report.
>
> Changes to sbopkg.conf:
>
> As a result of some of these new features, users are advised of three
> changes to the sbopkg.conf file.  Users can either manually update
> their existing sbopkg.conf file or use the sbopkg.conf.new file that
> is installed when you upgrade sbopkg.
>
> sbopkg.conf change 1:  $OUTPUT is now required.  This was commented
> out in prior versions of sbopkg.conf.  The default setting of $OUTPUT
> is:
>
> export OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
>
> this is the same default setting in SBo SlackBuild scripts themselves.
>
> sbopkg.conf change 2:  $TERMBUILD is deprecated.  All building and
> installing switches now out of dialog and occurs in a terminal in all
> cases.  Having the build take place inside the dialog interface caused
> some issues and made it difficult to implement some of the new
> features.  So, it went.  As a result, you can delete $TERMBUILD from
> your sbopkg.conf file.
>
> sbopkg.conf change 3:  As mentioned above, $DEBUG is a new required
> variable in the sbopkg.conf file.  The default setting is DEBUG=0.
>
> As always, a sbopkg.conf.new file is installed when upgrading which
> has these changes in place.  Please review this sbopkg.conf.new file
> and manually merge it with your current sbopkg.conf.
>
> Please report any bugs to me via email, the sbopkg mailing list, or,
> using the Issue Tracker on the project's Google Code website.  I can
> also be found in #sbopkg, #slackbuilds, and ##slackware on
> irc.freenode.net.
>
> A noarch package and source tarball for version 0.20.0 can be found at
> the sbopkg project website:
>
> http://www.sbopkg.org
>
> Thanks again to all the folks who sent me bug reports, patches,
> suggestions, and notes of successes or failures.  I want this utility
> to be useful to the Slackware and SlackBuilds.org community so please
> keep that feedback coming.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --
> Chess Griffin
>
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Nice tool Chess, this is the first time I have tried it out.

I think that there may be a bug or a problem with the ksmoothdock pkg
in the repo when using the update tool. I by no means am any sort of
guru.......

I ran the update tool once and updated my vobcopy and ksmoothdock.
After building them and installing those two pkgs, I ran the update
tool again for the hell of it.

It once again listed that there was a potential update for
ksmoothdock, here is the message I was presented with:
----------------------
ksmoothdock:
POTENTIAL UPDATE
Installed version:  ksmoothdock-4.5-i486-1
Repo Version:  ksmoothdock-4.5_${VERSION-i486-1

Potential update list complete.
----------------------

Thanks for the tool, I will play with it some more.

Happy New Years to all!!
--
Wade S Grant
USMC, Retired