Free to build software for linux

auto-build is a Perl module that can run automated, unattended software build processes.

SYNOPSIS

# auto-build [OPTION]...
Run build using latest code currently in source control
# auto-build --config /etc/auto-build.d/auto-build.conf
Run build using code committed prior to 12:30 on Dec 12th 2004
# auto-build --timestamp 12:30:00 Dec 12th 2004
--config /etc/auto-build.d/auto-build.conf

SUMMARY

auto-build is the command used to execute the Test-AutoBuild software build automation framework. It is intended to execute a single iteration of the build engine and then quit with its exit status providing an indication of the build success / fail status (see the EXIT STATUS section later in this manual page). To perform a continous automated build this command would be launched on a frequent basis from cron. Locking will ensure that two instances do not execute concurrently, so it can safely be triggered every 5 minutes.

OPTIONS

The following command line options are valid:

--config=FILE

Specify an alternative path to the configuration file for the build process. If ommitted, will default to looking for the file $HOME/auto-build.conf. The configuration data is loaded by the Config::Record module, so refer to that modules manual page for details of permitted syntax. The file will also be pre-processed by the Template module allowing dynamic generation of complex configuration files

--log4perl=FILE

Specify an alternative file containing configuration settings for the Log::Log4perl logging system. If ommitted, log4perl settings will be loaded from the master autobuild configuration file.

--timestamp=DATE

Specify the timestamp to use when checking code out of the source control repositories. For repository modules supporting timestamps it is guarenteed that the code checked out will be the latest version not newer than this timestamp. If ommitted, the timestamp will default to the current timestamp. The argument can be either an plain integer specifying number of seconds since the epoch, or any of the text representations handled by the Date::Manip module

today
1st thursday in June 1992
05/10/93
12:30 Dec 12th 1880
8:00pm december tenth

--verbose

Increase the verbosity of warning messages and errors. This will ensure that if the builder unexpectedly crashes, a complete stack trace will be dumped along will full arguments.It will also cause the post-processed configuration file to be dumped.

--help

Display a summary of the command line help options

slacktrack is a tool to assist with building Slackware packages from the < package >.build scripts that can be found in the distribution source tree.
slacktrack can also be used to build packages where Makefile does not honour any DESTDIR type variable, and enables end-users to create packages more easily.
altertrack is also included with slacktrack. This is a version of slacktrack which does not use installwatch, instead it compares the differences in the file system before and after the build.
slacktrack is based on the idea behind CheckInstall and uses installwatch.
Enhancements:
- A bug in altertracks touch filesystem code has been fixed.

Vocabulary Builder project is a program to build your vocabulary.
Vocabulary Builder helps you practice for the SAT, GRE, or any vocabulary-intensive examination, or simply to increase your vocabulary.
It asks you a series of multiple-choice questions.
You can edit the words, categorize them to make them easier to memorize, and even track your progress.
The program also has a built-in dictionary and gives you easy access to many online dictionaries (using dict.org server).
Main features:
- View Statistics
- Dictionary
- Edit Word List

Buildog was inspired by my need to track the steps involved in software builds. Particularly the software packages in the Linux From Scratch book.

It is not a package manager in the traditional sense, it will not track dependences. It tries to stay out of your way as much as possible.

If you grow weary of RPM spec files, or this months "package manager" (there are about a dozen or so of them out there, with new distributions adding their own every month) Buildog may be for you.

What it will do for you is log the information required to build it, files it created, URLs it needs (it will fetch them for you too if you want, with support for mirrors and caching) a log of the build stages, notes and descriptions, its home page, and any other information you may wish to add.

Its pretty simple to use, if youve ever installed packages from source, youll get the hang if it quickly.

Installation

Quite a bit of work has gone into making this install nicely. Perl programs are kind of notorious for being difficult to install.

It uses the autoconf to guess your location of perl, supports the usual --prefix --bindir --sysconfdir and --localstatedir options. Type make install to install it, (a plain make shows what will be installed where).

Module::Build is a Perl module for build and install Perl modules.

SYNOPSIS

Standard process for building & installing modules:
perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build install
Or, if youre on a platform (like DOS or Windows) that doesnt require the "./" notation, you can do this:
perl Build.PL
Build
Build test
Build install

Module::Build is a system for building, testing, and installing Perl modules. It is meant to be an alternative to ExtUtils::MakeMaker. Developers may alter the behavior of the module through subclassing in a much more straightforward way than with MakeMaker.

It also does not require a make on your system - most of the Module::Build code is pure-perl and written in a very cross-platform way. In fact, you dont even need a shell, so even platforms like MacOS (traditional) can use it fairly easily. Its only prerequisites are modules that are included with perl 5.6.0, and it works fine on perl 5.005 if you can install a few additional modules.

Java::Build is a family of modules which you can use instead of Ant.

SYNOPSIS

use Java::Build::JVM; # access to the javac compiler in one jvm
use Java::Build::Tasks; # some helpful methods similar to Ant tasks

my $source_files = build_file_list(
BASE_DIR => $some_path,
INCLUDE_PATTERNS => [ qr/.java$/ ],
);
my $dirty_sources = what_needs_compiling(
SOURCE_FILE_LIST => $source_files,
);
if (@$dirty_sources) {
my $compiler = Java::Ant::JVM->getCompiler();
$compiler->destination($base_dir);
$compiler->classpath($base_dir);
$compiler->compile($dirty_sources);

my $class_files = build_file_list(
BASE_DIR => $some_path,
INCLUDE_PATTERNS => [ qr/.class$/ ],
EXCLUDE_PATTERNS => [ qr/Test/ ],
EXCLUDE_DEFAULTS => 1,
STRIP_BASE_DIR => 1,
);
jar(
JAR_FILE => $jar_file_name,
FILE_LIST => $class_files,
BASE_DIR => $some_path,
);
}

ABSTRACT

This family of modules helped me move away from Ant to a proper scripting language, namely Perl. With it you can use a single JVM for compiling your java programs. It provides many useful methods to help you build lists of files, package them with jar, etc. Currently the modules are unix centric. If you make them work elsewhere, please send in patches.

Ingres is a mature, high-performance relational database solution.
The project offers scalability, integration and flexibility to leverage information resources across a wide range of platforms, including Linux, Unix, OpenVMS, and Windows.
Reliable and cost effective, it supports mission-critical applications in small to medium-size businesses and high- volume deployments in large scale enterprises.
Enhancements:
- Numerous major enhancements, code speedups, and bugfixes.