Summary and purpose

Documents the solution I used to publish an httpup ports repostitory for crux.

Procedure

• Initialize an scm repository in a directory. I chose git, you could probably use any decent scm.

  • Set your scm to ignore the package files.

• Create a subdirectory for every port, then a Pkgfile for each port.

  • Use "Creating Packages" in the current crux handbook to create the Pkgfile.

• Use pkgmk to generate the footprint and md5sum files (and build the package).

  • Use fakeroot to generate the footprint (gets rid of user-specific user/group in footprint file).

• Use httpup-repgen to generate the REPO file.

  • See the httpup manual for details, don't forget to ignore any files but the footprint, md5sum, and Pkgfile.

• Once the package is good, commit to your scm.

• Create bare git repository on internet server.

  • Modify bare repository to automatically update your web-accessible repository whenever you push out a new commit. In my case, I used the solution documented at this blog post, and modified the path to suit my needs.

• Push out your changes and check to make sure it worked!