Re: [Libguestfs] Workaround to get supermin to work on Slackware

On 6/1/23 15:21, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: >On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 07:07:45AM +0400, shiftag wrote: >>Hello, >> >>I'm experimenting with a Software using supermin. However, it look >>like supermin cannot work because of Slackware package manager. >> >>$ supermin --list-drivers >>arch/pacman               not-detected >>debian/dpkg                 not-detected >>openmandriva/rpm    not-detected >>mageia/rpm                  not-detected >>opensuse/rpm              not-detected >>ibm_powerkvm/rpm    not-detected >>fedora/rpm                    not-detected >> >>Is there any workaround to make the following command works : >> >>$ supermin --prepare bash coreutils ethtool iproute iputils kmod >>net-tools pciutils perf procps-ng python strace strace systemd >>systemd-udev util-linux vim -o supermin.d >supermin fundamentally relies on having a package manager supporting a >few operations (not all are required): > >https://github.com/libguestfs/supermin/blob/057ea99a3211057d2cb2c9971afe56e0a85e0f78/src/package_handler.mli#L90 > >It's been a while since I used Slackware. Does it have a package >manager which keeps track of packages, files installed by packages, >and provide a way to list installed packages and files used by >installed packages, etc? > >Rich. > There are two principals package manager "slackpkg" and "sbopkg" and both store installed packages information in "/var/log/packages" using a file format. For example, to check some information related to "hivex" installed package: $ ls /var/log/packages/hivex* /var/log/packages/hivex-1.3.23-x86_64-1_SBo So the package is installed. $ cat /var/log/packages/hivex-1.3.23-x86_64-1_SBo PACKAGE NAME:     hivex-1.3.23-x86_64-1_SBo COMPRESSED PACKAGE SIZE:     184K UNCOMPRESSED PACKAGE SIZE:     610K PACKAGE LOCATION: /tmp/hivex-1.3.23-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: hivex: hivex (Windows Registry Extractor System) hivex: hivex: Hivex is a tool for reading windows registry hivex: Hive binary files. It uses C API or exports hivex: it to a XML file. hivex: hivex: hivex: Homepage:https://libguestfs.org hivex: hivex: hivex: FILE LIST: ./ install/ install/doinst.sh install/slack-desc usr/ usr/bin/ usr/bin/hivexget usr/bin/hivexml usr/bin/hivexregedit usr/bin/hivexsh usr/doc/ usr/doc/hivex-1.3.23/ usr/doc/hivex-1.3.23/FUZZING usr/doc/hivex-1.3.23/LICENSE usr/doc/hivex-1.3.23/README.md usr/doc/hivex-1.3.23/SECURITY usr/doc/hivex-1.3.23/hivex.SlackBuild usr/include/ usr/include/hivex.h usr/lib64/ usr/lib64/libhivex.so.0.0.0 usr/lib64/ocaml/ usr/lib64/ocaml/hivex/ usr/lib64/ocaml/hivex/METAusr/lib64/ocaml/hivex/hivex.cmx usr/lib64/ocaml/hivex/hivex.mli usr/lib64/ocaml/hivex/libmlhivex.a usr/lib64/ocaml/hivex/mlhivex.a usr/lib64/ocaml/hivex/mlhivex.cma usr/lib64/ocaml/hivex/mlhivex.cmxa usr/lib64/ocaml/stublibs/ usr/lib64/ocaml/stublibs/dllmlhivex.so usr/lib64/ocaml/stublibs/dllmlhivex.so.owner usr/lib64/perl5/ usr/lib64/perl5/Win/ usr/lib64/perl5/Win/Hivex.pm usr/lib64/perl5/Win/Hivex/ usr/lib64/perl5/Win/Hivex/Regedit.pm usr/lib64/perl5/auto/ usr/lib64/perl5/auto/Win/ usr/lib64/perl5/auto/Win/Hivex/ usr/lib64/perl5/auto/Win/Hivex/Hivex.so usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ usr/lib64/pkgconfig/hivex.pc [...] However, this cannot be requested from the package manager, its essentially a manual task.