Testing the eopkg4-bin package

[sheepman4267]

⚠️ WARNING! ⚠️ WARNING! ⚠️ WARNING! ⚠️

This is a very new packaging effort, building a binary version of a relatively untested python3 version of eopkg. It probably won't break your system, but it definitely could. Do not use this if you don't know what you're doing.

With that out of the way, this issue exists as a repository for test results and discussion of the new compiled binary version of eopkg4. Place concerns about the actual package in the draft PR, but discussions and testing of the binary itself here.

For installation instructions, see here: https://github.com/getsolus/packages/tree/main/packages/e/eopkg4-bin

And Do not use this if you don't know what you're doing!!!

How to use eopkg4-bin as a convenient replacement for eopkg py2

# bash/zsh
alias eopkg='sudo eopkg4-bin'

# fish
abbr eopkg --position anywhere "eopkg4-bin"

eopkg commands test matrix

Notes

• This list was taken from the eopkg.1 man page, I have removed all the explainer text.
• Add notes below a checkmark if it fails somehow
• To check off a box: Run the command, see that it behaves, check off the box and add your name next to it so we have some tracking of who did what.

OPTIONS

• -D, --destdir
• -y, `--yes-all
• -u, --username
• -p, --password
• -L, --bandwidth-limit (David)
• -v, --verbose (David)
• -d, --debug (David)
• -h, --help
• --version
• -N, --no-color

SUBCOMMANDS

• add-repo (ar) <repo-name> <repo URI>
  • --ignore-check
  • --no-fetch
  • --at @ermo : This one is interesting. It takes an integer as argument. I wonder if this is a way to sort out repo priority?
• autoremove (rmf) <package1> <package2> ...
  • --ignore-dependency
  • --ignore-comar - ignore this, comar does not work with py3
  • --ignore-safety
  • -n, --dry-run
  • -p, --purge ermo: Doesn't appear to do anything? Not sure what it's supposed to be doing either...
• blame (bl) <packagename>
  • -r, --release
  • -a, --all
• build (bi) <path to pspec.xml>
• check <package?>
  • -c, --component
  • --config
• clean
• configure-pending (cp)
• delete-cache (dc)
• delta (dt) <oldpackage1> <newpackage>
  • -t, --newest-package
  • -O, --output-dir
  • -F, --package-format
• disable-repo (dr) <name>
• emerge (em) <name> 🚫 not a recognized command
• enable-repo (er) <name>
• fetch (fc) <name>
  • -o, --output-dir
• help (?) <subcommand?>
• history (hs)
  • ❌ David gets BrokenPipeError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe after quitting command - fixed by Fix broken pipe on eopkg hs eopkg#31
  • -l, --last
  • -s, --snapshot
  • -t, --takeback
• index (ix) <directory> ❌ System error. Program terminated. Invalid attribute name 'xml:lang' (see this comment)
  • -a, --absolute-urls
  • -o, --output
  • --compression-types
  • --skip-sources Doesn't seem to exist? It's in the manpage with no description; doesn't show up in eopkg ix --help. I don't think we care. -HK OK, no, it's not even in the up-to-date manpage anymore.
  • --skip-signing
• info
  • -f, --files
  • -c, --component
  • -F, --files-path
  • -s, --short
  • --xml Evan, David confirms ❌ System error. Program terminated. Invalid attribute name 'xml:lang'
• install (it) <name>
  • --ignore-dependency
  • --ignore-comar
  • --ignore-safety
  • -n, --dry-run
  • --reinstall
  • --ignore-check
  • --ignore-file-conflicts
  • --ignore-package-conflicts
  • -c, --component ermo --component ✔️, ❌ sheepman Error, the program tried to call itself with '-c' argument. Disable with '--no-deployment-flag=self-execution'.
  • -r, --repository
  • -f, --fetch-only
  • -x, --exclude No idea what this is supposed to do. -HK
  • --exclude-from <filename> No idea what this is supposed to do. -HK
• list-available <la> <repo name?>
  • -l, --long
  • -c, --component ermo --component ✔️, -c = ❌, Error, the program tried to call itself with '-c' argument. Disable with '--no-deployment-flag=self-execution'.
  • -U, --uninstalled
• list-components (lc)
  • l, --long
  • r, --repository
• list-installed (li)
  • -a, --automatic
  • -b, --build-host
  • -l, --long
  • -c, --component ermo --component ✔️, -c = ❌, Error, the program tried to call itself with '-c' argument. Disable with '--no-deployment-flag=self-execution'.
  • -i, --install-info
• list-newest (ln) <repo?>
  • -s, --since
  • -l, --last
• list-pending (lp)
• list-repo (lr)
• list-sources (ls) 🚫 not a recognized command
  • -l, --long
• list-upgrades (lu)
  • -l, --long
  • -c, --component ermo --component ✔️, -c = ❌, Error, the program tried to call itself with '-c' argument. Disable with '--no-deployment-flag=self-execution'.
  • -i, --install-info
• rebuild-db (rdb)
  • -f, --files
• remove (rm) <package1> <package2> ...
  • --ignore-comar
  • --ignore-safety
  • -n, --dry-run
  • -p, --purge
  • -c, --component
• remove-orphans (rmo)
  • --ignore-comar
  • --ignore-safety
  • -n, --dry-run
  • -p, --purge
• search (sr) <term>
  • -l, --language (seems to work but it's slower)
  • -r, --repository
  • -i, --installdb
  • -s, --sourcedb ❌ error: no such option: -s/--sourcedb No longer exists as of 2022 -HK
  • --name
  • --summary
  • --description
• search-file (sf) <path>
  • -l, --long (same output and behaviour as without -l/--long)
  • -q, --quiet
• update-repo (ur) <reponame?>
  • -f, --force
• upgrade (up) <package-name?>
  • --ignore-comar
  • --ignore-safety
  • -n, --dry-run
  • --security-only
  • -b, --bypass-update-repo
  • --ignore-file-conflicts
  • --ignore-package-conflicts
  • -c, --component
  • -r, --repository
  • -f, --fetch-only
  • -x, --exclude
  • --exclude-from <filename>

[EbonJaeger]

The test matrix lists an emerge command, but there's no help entry for it. In fact, that command doesn't appear to exist.

[EbonJaeger]

eopkg info nano --xml fails with this:

❯ eopkg info nano --xml
System error. Program terminated.
Invalid attribute name 'xml:lang'
Please use 'eopkg help' for general help.
Use --debug to see a traceback.

[EbonJaeger]

eopkg list-sources does not seem to be a command.

[livingsilver94]

eopkg hs -l <number> prints the same output as the old eopkg. LGTM.

[livingsilver94]

eopkg hs -t <number> actually reverts to a previous snapshot.
Re-running the same command is no-op as expected.
If I keep going back with the number, at a certain point it asks to uninstall eokg4-bin (obviously). If I say no it correctly stops.

[livingsilver94]

eopkg hs -s successfully takes a snapshot. I can also revert to that snapshot with eopkg hs -t <number> after I installed some packages.

[livingsilver94]

The --no-color global flag works with install and history -t.

[livingsilver94]

The -y global flag works with install, rmf and history.

[livingsilver94]

eopkg it --reinstall works with a bunch of different package names.

[livingsilver94]

The -D global flag works with ar, ur and it.

[livingsilver94]

I don't know how eopkg sr --language is supposed to be tested since I'm sure all packages in our repo are described in English. Anyway, eopkg4 output is the same of eopkg.

Side note, eopkg4 is 360% slower than eopkg (2.9s compared to 0.8). I suspect this isn't the only case where it's slower.

[livingsilver94]

eopkg it --ignore-dependency works. Can also uninstall the package it installed correctly.

[livingsilver94]

eopkg sf <keyword> works. The order of results is different but the content is the same.