+MANIFEST changed syntax in pkg 1.4?

[Matthew Seaman]

On 23/12/2014 14:32, Aristedes Maniatis wrote:
>>> On 22/12/2014 02:43, Aristedes Maniatis wrote:
>>>
>>> Has the +MAINFEST file changed in sytnax from 1.3 to 1.4 and is now not yaml? I notice that the +MANIFEST files inside packages already built by the ports system look more like json in format. Where do I find documentation for the new format?
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>> Matthew Seaman wrote:
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>> Yes, +MANIFEST is now generated using libucl -- which uses a JSON-like format. I believe the differences between libucl and JSON are pretty minor (something about comment syntax IIRC) so if you convert your setup to use JSON, it should work.
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>> For more information about libucl, start here:
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>> https://github.com/vstakhov/libucl 
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> Thanks Matthew. Is there any documentation on the new format? I see nothing is updated in the only docs I can find:
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> https://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng#Package_format
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> I guess I'm really not understanding pkgng... I've used FreeBSD since version 4 but this is the first time I've seen something in the core system so undocumented and with so many regressions compared to the previous tools. I really wish we could go back to pkg_
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There's quite a lot of info in the README.md on Vslevod's libucl page on
Github -- it's not comprehensive, but given you know the basics of YAML
and JSON is should serve to get you going.

The other advice I would suggest is simply to copy what has been done
for other packages.  Try:

    pkg info -R pkgname

or

    pkg info -RF pkgname.txz

which will give you a pretty-printed version of the +MANIFEST for any
package on your machine, or any package tarball you happen to have.
Certainly for installed packages this will produce the libucl style
output even if the original input was in YAML style.  Not sure about pkg
tarballs -- it might even work there too.  So you should be able to
start with the +MANIFEST for an older version of your custom package and
evolve it to match the latest package contents.

	Cheers,

	Matthew


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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
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