mkhint

Manage hint files for slackrepo scripts. Updates version strings and download checksums, or creates new hint files from repository .info files.

Installation

Script

sudo cp mkhint /usr/local/bin/mkhint

Bash Completion

sudo cp mkhint.bash-completion /etc/bash-completion.d/mkhint

Configuration

Edit the paths at the top of mkhint to match your setup (lines 16–17):

REPO_DIR="/var/lib/sbopkg/SBo-danix"   # Repository containing .info files
HINT_DIR="/tmp/hintdir"                 # Directory where .hint files are stored

Usage

Update an existing hint file

Updates the package version, downloads the archive, and recalculates the MD5 checksums:

mkhintfile --version 2.0.1 --hintfile mypackage

This replaces the old version with 2.0.1 in mypackage.hint and re-downloads the URLs from DOWNLOAD and DOWNLOAD_x86_64 to update MD5SUM and MD5SUM_x86_64.

Create a new hint file from .info

Generates a new hint file from the corresponding repository .info file:

mkhintfile --version 1.2.3 --new mypackage

The .info file is copied as a template, unwanted variables (PRGNAM, HOMEPAGE, MAINTAINER, EMAIL) are removed, and ARCH is set to x86_64.

Create an empty hint file

Creates a fresh hint file with empty variables:

mkhintfile --new mypackage

List hint files

mkhintfile --list

Help

mkhintfile --help

Exit Codes

0 - Success
1 - Invalid arguments
2 - File not found
3 - File already exists
4 - wget not available

Hint File Variables

VERSION - Package version
ARCH - Architecture
DOWNLOAD - Download URL (generic/32-bit)
MD5SUM - MD5 checksum of the generic archive
DOWNLOAD_x86_64 - Download URL (x86_64 specific)
MD5SUM_x86_64 - MD5 checksum of the x86_64 archive

Notes

Old versions of hint files are backed up with a .bak extension before being modified.
If a download URL is set to UNSUPPORTED or UNTESTED, the link is skipped during update.
Bash completion for -f/--hintfile and -n/--new autocompletes package names from their respective directories.