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This is pkgtool2 v2.2.3. It's a supplement to pkgtool with six options. 

# pkgtool2

Convert    rpm or deb package to Slackware tgz package
List       contents of rpm/deb/tar.gz/tgz/tar.bz2/zip package
Configure  & make rules for packages (run/create/read/edit/url)
Monitor    make install and create record of install
Restore    backup for /var/log/packages/package_name
Create     tgz/rpm/deb package from contents of file or directory

You can convert x.rpm or x.deb packages to Slackware x.tgz format.

You can create a database in "/var/log/configure", with the configure
and make rules you want for a particular source package. 

Choose "Configure" then "Create" from the menu, to create the configure
rules file.

The configure rules file will contain configure, make, and make install rules.

For example, these are the configure and make rules I want for the
'fetchmail' package.

# Configure and make rules for 'fetchmail'.
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-nls \
--enable-SDPS --enable-RPA --enable-NTLM --with-ssl=/usr/lib
make CFLAGS="-Os -march=i386 -Wall" LDFLAGS="-s"
make install
# http://www.foo.com/home_page_for_package_source
# ftp://ftp.foo.com/pub/ftp_directory_for_package_source

Put a '\' at the end of each configure and make line, if there's more than
one, except the last. You can put some notes after '#' if you want.

Then when you want to configure, make, or make install a package, start
'pkgtool2' and choose 'Configure', then 'Run' from the menu.

You can monitor a command like "make install" and create a record. 

The record will be put in /var/log/packages/package_name, and can be removed
like any installed package.

# removepkg package_name

Usually when you compile a package you do this, more or less.

# ./configure --prefix=/usr ; make ; make install

Instead of "make install" do 'pkgtool2', and choose monitor from the menu.

# ./configure --prefix=/usr ; make ; pkgtool2

You'll have the option of creating a Slackware, Debian, or RPM
package of the install, after the install or later using /var/log/
packages/package_name as the guide.

The Monitor option isn't needed if you create a configure rules
file, and use the Configure option to Run it.

NOTE: Before you do 'pkgtool2' you can do a test run 'make install -n',
      to see if there are any problems.

ATTENTION! If you have a "static" /bin/ln, move it to /bin/sln and
           put a non static version in its place.
           # ldd /bin/ln
	     statically linked or not dynamic

The source for the installwatch.so program v0.6.3 can be found here. 
http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall

The license for pkgtool2 is GNU GPL.

8/7/2005 Kent Robotti <robotti@godmail.com>
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