Re: [Libguestfs] Libguestfs as filesystem forensic tool
On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 11:26:08PM +0200, noxdafox wrote:
On 02/03/16 18:24, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 05:59:32PM +0200, noxdafox wrote:
>>One of the patches I'm talking about would add TSK (The Sleuth Kit)
>>as a dependency within the appliance.
>>
>>This would bring new APIs such as:
>> 'fls' more powerful 'ls' command allowing to get list of
deleted
>>files or timelines at a given path.
>> 'icat' similar to ntfscat-i but it supports multiple FS.
>>
>>Yet I'm not sure whether it's desirable as it is for a narrow use
>>case and on my Debian box TSK is a 12Mb binary.
>Yes that's a rather large dependency.
>
>However it's possible to use optgroups ["optional" field in
>generator/actions.ml] and subpackaging to mean that end users don't
>need to install this dependency unless they want it.
If I understood correctly, I just need to set the optional field in
the API and then issue the command: "./configure
--with-extra-packages=... " right?
Actually even easier than that. Just add the TSK package name to
`appliance/packagelist.in'.
However you should also use the optional field in `generator/actions.ml'
for your new API(s) because it allows callers to query whether the
feature is available (using the guestfs_feature_available API). When
you use the optional field, you will also need to write a function in
the daemon called optgroup_<name>_available. See `daemon/ntfs.c' for
an example.
Note the package name and optional field name don't need to be the
same. Also there is not necessarily a 1-1 mapping: it may make sense
to have several optgroups, or may not.
Rich.
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