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Package.yml

Format

All packages consist of a single build file, which provides all of the required metadata for the package manager, plus the build steps involved to produce a package. This follows the YAML specification, thus all package.yml files must be valid YAML.

As can be seen in the example below, the file is organised into a key->value hierarchy. Some values may be required to be in a list format, whereas most are simple strings. The build step sections are all considered optional, however if you do not perform any steps, then no package is generated. Each of these keys contains content that will be placed within a script and executed within a controlled environment to perform the package build. To all intents and purposes, they are bash scripts with a predefined environment.

An example file follows:

name        : nano
version     : 2.5.1
release     : 39
source      :
    - http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.5/nano-2.5.1.tar.gz : e06fca01bf183f4d531aa65a28dffc0e2d10185239909eb3de797023f3453bde
license     :
    - GPL-3.0
component   : editor
summary     : Small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
description : |
    GNU nano is an easy-to-use text editor originally designed as a replacement for 
    Pico, the ncurses-based editor from the non-free mailer package Pine.    
setup      : |
    %configure --enable-utf8 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/nano    
build      : |
    %make    
install    : |
    %make_install
    # TODO: Convert to stateless
    install -D -m 00644 $pkgfiles/nanorc $installdir/etc/nanorc    

Keys

Not all fields in package.yml are mandatory, but a small selection are. They are listed below. Note that string(s) indicates that it is possible to use a list of strings, or one single string

dict refers to a key : value split in YAML, and dict(s) refers to a list of dicts

Mandatory Keys

Key Name Type Description
name string The name of the package. This is also used as the base of all sub-package names. Unless unavoidable, this should match the upstream name
version string The version of the currently packaged software. This is taken from the tarball in most cases.
release integer Specifies the current release number. Updates in the package number are based on this release number, not the version number. As such, to release an update to users, this number must be incremented by one.
license string(s) Valid upstream license(s). Try to ensure these use SPDX identifiers.
source dict(s) Upstream source location (i.e. tarball), with the valid sha256sum as a value
component string Component / group of packages this package belongs to. Check available components via eopkg lc
summary string Brief package summary, or display name
description string More extensive description of the software, usually taken from the vendor website

Optional, supported keys

Key Name Type Description
clang bool Set to no if this package cannot be built with Clang
extract bool Set to no to disable automatic source extraction.
autodep bool Set to no to disable automatic binary dependency resolution at build time
emul32 bool Set to yes to enable an -m32 build (32-bit libs)
libsplit bool Set to no to disable splitting of libraries into devel sub-packages
rundeps dict(s) Specify further runtime dependencies for the packages
replaces dict(s) Replace one package with another, used when renaming or deprecating packages for clean upgrade paths
patterns dict(s) Allows fine grained control over file placement within the package or sub-packages. Useful for packages that are development only (i.e. /usr/bin files)

Build step keys, optional

Note that each step in itself is optional, however all can be used. The value of each of these keys is merged into a build script that is executed for each stage of the build.

Step Name Description
setup Performed after the source extraction. This is the correct place to perform any configure routine, or to patch the sources.
build Use this step to run the build portion, i.e. make
install This is where you should install the files into the final packaging directory, i.e. make install
check There is where tests / checking should occur, i.e. make check

Macros

To further assist in packaging, a number of macros are available. These are simply shorthand ways to perform a normal build operation. They also ensure that the resulting package is consistent. These macros are only available in our build steps, as they are substituted within the script before execution.

Usage

Macros are prefixed with %, and are substituted before your script is executed. Macros ending with % are used to provide directory names or build values, to the script.

# Run the configure macro with the given arguments
%configure --disable-static

Actionable Macros

Macro Description
%autogen Runs autogen with our %CONFOPTS% to create a configure script then proceeds to run %configure.
%cmake Configure cmake project with the distribution specific options, such as prefix and release type
%configure Runs ./configure with our %CONFOPTS% variable macro.
%make Runs the make command with the job count specified in eopkg.conf
%make_install Perform a make install, using the DESTDIR variant. Should work for the vast majority of packages.
%patch Sane patch macro to run in batch mode and not contaminate source tree on failure
%apply_patches Applies all patches listed in the series file in ./files folder.
%reconfigure Updates build scripts such as ./configure and proceeds to run %configure.

Meson Actionable Macros

Macro Description
%meson_configure Runs meson with our CFLAGS and appropriate flags such as libdir.
%meson_build Runs ninja and passes our %JOBS% variable.
%meson_install Runs meson install and passed the appropriate DESTDIR and %JOBS% variable

Perl Actionable Macros

Macro Description
%perl_setup Runs Perl setup scripts Build.pl or Makefile.pl with the appropriate variable flags.
%perl_build Runs Perl build scripts or attempts %make.
%perl_install Runs Perl install scripts or attempts %make_install.

Python Actionable Macros

Macro Description
%python_setup Runs the build portion of a setup.py using python2.
%python_install Runs the install portion of a setup.py, to the appropriate root, using python2.
%python3_setup Runs the build portion of a setup.py using python3.
%python3_install Runs the install portion of a setup.py, to the appropriate root, using python3.

Variable Macros

Macro Description
%CONFOPTS% Flags / options for configuration, such as --prefix=/usr. Full List.
%CFLAGS% cflags as set in eopkg.conf
%CXXFLAGS% cxxflags as set in eopkg.conf
%LDFLAGS% ldflags as set in eopkg.conf
%CC% C compiler
%CXX% C++ compiler
%JOBS% jobs, as set in eopkg.conf
%installroot% Hard-coded install directory
%libdir% The distributions default library directory, i.e. /usr/lib64 (Alters for emul32)
%workdir% Hard-coded work directory (source tree)

Variables

A set of variables are exported in our build stages. These are used to provide context and structure to the scripts.

Variable Description
$CFLAGS cflags as set in eopkg.conf
$CXXFLAGS cxxflags as set in eopkg.conf
$LDFLAGS ldflags as set in eopkg.conf
$CC C compiler
$CXX C++ compiler
$EMUL32BUILD Set only when compiling in emul32 mode
$workdir The work, or source, directory of the package build
$installdir The install directory, i.e. where files are installed to for packaging
$pkgfiles Refers to the ./files directory relative to the package.yml file
$sources Refers to the directory where your source files are stored e.g. $sources/nano.tar.gz

Types

The package.yml file uses native YAML types, however for the sake of clarity an explanation of how they are used within the context of ypkg is provided below.

string

This is simply text, which does not need to be quoted.

integer

Whole, positive number, used in the release field.

list

A YAML list (or array) can be expressed in multiple ways. A short array-notation would look like this:

[one, two, three]

They can also be expressed like this:

- First Value
- Second Value
- Third Value

dict

Known as an associative array, this is key to value mapping. These are separated by a colon (:), the token on the left is taken to be a key, and the token on the right is the value.

SomeKey: Some Value

Note that each ypkg key in the YAML file is actually a dict.

dict(s)

This is a combination of the list type, the dict type and some assumptions. We primarily make use of this to express advanced information within the package. These permit you to provide no key, and a value only. In this instance, the key is assumed to be the package name:

- some value

An explicit key, usually a sub-package name:

- somekey: somevalue

A mix of both:

- somevalue
- somekey: another value

The values may also be expressed in list form, still using the same default key logic:

- [one,two, three]
- somekey: [one,two, three]
- key:
    - value one
    - value two
    - value three