Well, one option is to make it in the current, better documented package format and convert it to the new format with a script which was written to convert the existing packages (also undocumented).
As the documentation guy, I apologize, but I have not gotten around to looking at the documentation yet, let alone trying to make a package of some sort myself. If you have specific questions, I am sure Jean or someone else familiar with opkg will try and answer them. On 7/3/07, Stuart Archibald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have just had a quick word with bernardl on IRC and he said to bring to > your attention that I feel that there are some documentation/clarity issues > to do with OPKGC. I am struggling and want people to know why so things can > be made better. > > I have been plodding along with MPITB (MPI Tool Box) for GNU Octave > packaging and development and have got to the stage where I want to package > up my rpms so that they become an OSCAR package. So I went to the wiki and > unfortunately got very confused... > > I first visited > http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/trac/oscar/wiki/BuildOpkg > this page give a brief, "you need to build packages this way now" message > and points you to > http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/trac/oscar/wiki/opkg_opkgc > . This page points you to a svn co of opkgsrc/tools/opkgc which I couldn't > find, I guessed after a while that it meant here: > http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/trac/oscar/browser/pkgsrc/opkgc > > I am not sure if the wiki pages are just unfinished but their fragmentation > made them hard to follow. > > On building and reading the docs from svn I am greatly confused about how to > use opkgc and what I need to do to get my rpms into a package. The old > manual has some comprehensive instructions on how to actually make a package > and I feel confident that I could do so. Whereas I feel that the docs on > opkgc/opkg are good at describing why and what the tools do but not how to > use them for development of packages. I realise that this is devel stuff and > docs tend to come later and I appreciate the effort to make things easier > via opkgc. > > Sadly, I'm not sure how to even start, I will figure it out eventually as I > usually do, but not coming from a computing background clear "this is how > you do it" instructions would be lovely. I'll try and remember to make notes > as I *slowly* plod along providing I can figure out how to go forwards and > perhaps they could be used to start a manual. > > Thank you for your time, > > Kind Regards, > > Stuart Archibald (Imperial College London.) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
