WMU-6500FS - Deployment

For easy and convenient deployment I have created a simple script creating an appropriate package based on a timestamp. It deploys all the files newer than a ".start_time" file created just before an installation process. The script is very simple, just in case one is lazy to create his own, here is the [link] to download it.

I got used to following sequence of operations whenever I am installing a new piece of software:

1. download software package

dev# cd /usr/local/src
dev# wget <sw-src-uri>
dev# tar xzvf <sw-src-package>

2. configure and build

dev# cd <sw-src-dir>
dev# ./configure --prefix=/mnt/C/sys <possibly-other-options>
dev# make

3. create timestamp, install and create resulting binary package

dev# echo > /mnt/C/.start_time
dev# make install
dev# cd /mnt/C
dev# ./filopack.sh <package-name>

4. upload resulting package to the box

deb# scp <dev-root>/mnt/C/<package-name>.tgz root@storage:/mnt/C/

5. install the resulting package on the box

box# cd /mnt/C
box# tar xzvf <package-name>.tgz

Script usage examples

Help and usage

dev# ./filopack.sh -h
usage: filopack.sh [OPTIONS] <package-name>

 Based on previously created timestamp (.start_time file) generates
 archive <package-name>.<fmt> along with file list <package-name>.lst.

 Available options:
         -o <fmt> ... archive format ('tar', 'tgz', 'tbz2', 'lst' currently supported)
                 ('lst' just generates .lst file and prints filenames)
         -p ... prefix path ('sys/' by default)
         -f ... filter ('-newer .start_time' by default, '' performs no filtering)
         -r ... reuse the previously generated filename list (.lst file)
         -v ... prints version
         -h ... prints this help message

Deployment of the file (unix command) - tar.bz2 archive is created by default.

dev# echo > /mnt/C/.start_time
dev# make install
dev# cd /mnt/C
dev# ./filopack.sh file-4.24
-rwxr-xr-x root/root     39355 2008-06-16 14:46:50 sys/bin/file
-rwxr-xr-x root/root    285972 2008-06-16 14:46:49 sys/lib/libmagic.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:46:49 sys/lib/libmagic.so.1 -> libmagic.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:46:49 sys/lib/libmagic.so -> libmagic.so.1.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x root/root       803 2008-06-16 14:46:49 sys/lib/libmagic.la
-rw-r--r-- root/root    396680 2008-06-16 14:46:49 sys/lib/libmagic.a
-rw-r--r-- root/root     16176 2008-06-16 14:46:51 sys/share/man/man1/file.1
-rw-r--r-- root/root      7555 2008-06-16 14:46:51 sys/share/man/man3/libmagic.3
-rw-r--r-- root/root     16504 2008-06-16 14:46:51 sys/share/man/man4/magic.4
-rw-r--r-- root/root   1627584 2008-06-16 14:46:50 sys/share/file/magic.mgc
-rw-r--r-- root/root      3547 2008-06-16 14:46:50 sys/include/magic.h

Deployment of the same package - this time the file list is reused and gzip archive is used fir resulting archive.

dev# ./filopack.sh -o tgz -r file-4.24
-rwxr-xr-x root/root     39355 2008-06-16 14:46:50 sys/bin/file
-rwxr-xr-x root/root    285972 2008-06-16 14:46:49 sys/lib/libmagic.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:46:49 sys/lib/libmagic.so.1 -> libmagic.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:46:49 sys/lib/libmagic.so -> libmagic.so.1.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x root/root       803 2008-06-16 14:46:49 sys/lib/libmagic.la
-rw-r--r-- root/root    396680 2008-06-16 14:46:49 sys/lib/libmagic.a
-rw-r--r-- root/root     16176 2008-06-16 14:46:51 sys/share/man/man1/file.1
-rw-r--r-- root/root      7555 2008-06-16 14:46:51 sys/share/man/man3/libmagic.3
-rw-r--r-- root/root     16504 2008-06-16 14:46:51 sys/share/man/man4/magic.4
-rw-r--r-- root/root   1627584 2008-06-16 14:46:50 sys/share/file/magic.mgc
-rw-r--r-- root/root      3547 2008-06-16 14:46:50 sys/include/magic.h

Archive of the Mesa libraries is created (timestamp filtering is disabled and prefix pattern is used for the file selection).

dev# ./filopack.sh -p 'sys/lib/lib[OG]*' -f '' Mesa-7.0.3
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:07:09 sys/lib/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:07:09 sys/lib/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.5.070003
-rwxr-xr-x root/root  20101208 2008-06-16 14:07:09 sys/lib/libGL.so.1.5.070003
-rw-r--r-- root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:37:35 sys/lib/libGL.so.1.lst
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:07:24 sys/lib/libGLU.so -> libGLU.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:07:24 sys/lib/libGLU.so.1 -> libGLU.so.1.3.070003
-rwxr-xr-x root/root   2875754 2008-06-16 14:07:24 sys/lib/libGLU.so.1.3.070003
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:07:24 sys/lib/libGLw.so -> libGLw.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:07:24 sys/lib/libGLw.so.1 -> libGLw.so.1.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x root/root    127359 2008-06-16 14:07:24 sys/lib/libGLw.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:07:10 sys/lib/libOSMesa.so -> libOSMesa.so.6
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2008-06-16 14:07:10 sys/lib/libOSMesa.so.6 -> libOSMesa.so.6.5.3
-rwxr-xr-x root/root    252524 2008-06-16 14:07:10 sys/lib/libOSMesa.so.6.5.3

This time the whole X11 distribution is archived (all files in given sub-tree and no timestamp filtering).

dev# ./filopack.sh -p sys/X11R7/ -f '' XOrg.7.1
...