.\" Hey, Emacs! This is an -*- nroff -*- source file. .\" .\" Copyright (C) 1996 Erick Branderhorst .\" Modified by Jeff Breidenbach for use as a real manpage rather .\" than a template. .\" .\" This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under .\" the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free .\" Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later .\" version. .\" .\" This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT .\" ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or .\" FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License .\" for more details. .\" .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with .\" your Debian GNU/Linux system, in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or with .\" the dpkg source package as the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free .\" Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. .\" .\" This manpage is created thanks to: .\" Kai Henningsen , .\" Ian Jackson , .\" David H. Silber & .\" Carl Streeter . .\" .TH JABLICATOR 1 "September 2001" "Debian/GNU Linux" .SH NAME jablicator \- Share package collection choice across machines .SH SYNOPSIS .B jablicator [--root ] .SH DESCRIPTION .B jablicator generates an "apt-get"-able package. The package itself is empty. However it has a dependency for every non-required Debian package that is on the machine. This program will create and populate two directories .B dists and .B pool in your working directory. You can then move them to a web accessible location. This utility is designed to reduce software distribution and maintenance costs by reducing redundant system administration. For example, I have spent a lot of time finding and vetting image processing software from Debian's large package collection. With this utility, my image processing colleague down the hall can easily benefit from the fruit of my labor. There are many replication techniques in Debian. This one has the advantage of using the apt and dpkg infrastructure. A disadvantage is the possibility of packages changing out from under you in the Debian distribution (especially in testing or unstable). That means that jablicator output can grow stale over time if it is not regenerated. .SH SECURITY The packages produced by this program contain a lot of information, including a list of the Debian packages installed on the machine and a listing of .B apt-get sources. Some system administrators consider sharing such information a security risk. .SH FILES /etc/apt/sources.list .SH OPTIONS .TP .I --root Being able to pull in package selections from another install can be helpful, in the cases of a non-functional system, or reading from a hard drive install under Knoppix. In other words, source from a root filesystem that is not mounted at the root. This is a rare situation and most users should not use this option. .SH SEE ALSO .BR dpkg (8) .BR apt-get (8). .SH AUTHOR Jeff Breidenbach . .SH THANKS Tom Parks, Cliff Weinstein, Burkhard Perkens-Golomb.