Re: Searching through the contents of .jigdo files: jigdo-search.php
On Monday 22 August 2005 19:01, Richard Atterer wrote:
> I've changed the layout of the search results to look more like something
> that people are used to - maybe this will make it easier to understand! :)
>
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 04:18:17PM +0300, George Danchev wrote:
> > a wishlist of mine: could you please add a CD/DVD listing option, e.g.
> > options to select: version (31r0a, etc...) , binary or source CD, CD
> > number (1-1x) and architecture in case of binary CD selected, and to list
> > all the packages from that query.
>
> I've added a link "list contents" to the search output. Following it
> outputs the complete list of files for the .jigdo file.
>
> You can also get a list of _.jigdo files_ by going to
> <http://atterer.net/jigdo/jigdo-search.php?list> and choosing "list
> contents" for a file.
>
> I don't really want to add form elements to select the version, CD/DVD,
> number etc, because in the past, the location and naming conventions for
> the files has changed several times - better something that keeps working
> after the next change...
>
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 03:25:13PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > Would it be useful/possible to have a second script that lists all the
> > packages included on a specific CD/DVD?
>
> Interesting, this seems to be a wanted feature even though the contents of
> the .jigdo files are only a "zless" away!
>
> In case anyone's wondering why amd64 is always listed first, the search
> results are sorted by decreasing mtime of the files, and the amd64 files
> were created a few days after the official release.
Perhaps I failed to describe the wishlist, but it is the same as mentioned by
Frans. Well, one need to select the arch or source, version, and CD/DVD
number to get its content. Right it is a zcat/zless away although some files
which are not packages could popup sometimes ;-)
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