aedist(1) aedist(1) NNAAMMEE aedist - remotely distribute a change SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS aaeeddiisstt --SSeenndd [ _o_p_t_i_o_n... ] aaeeddiisstt --RReecceeiivvee [ _o_p_t_i_o_n... ] aaeeddiisstt --RREEPPllaayy [ _o_p_t_i_o_n... ] -f _U_R_L aaeeddiisstt --MMIIssssiinngg [ _o_p_t_i_o_n... ] -f _U_R_L aaeeddiisstt --PPEENNddiinngg [ _o_p_t_i_o_n... ] -f _U_R_L aaeeddiisstt --IInnvveennttoorryy [ _o_p_t_i_o_n... ] aaeeddiisstt --AARRCChhiivvee [ _o_p_t_i_o_n... ] aaeeddiisstt --LLiisstt [ _o_p_t_i_o_n... ] aaeeddiisstt --HHeellpp aaeeddiisstt --VVEERRSSiioonn DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN The _a_e_d_i_s_t command is used to send and receive change sets to facili- tate geographically distributed development. The expected transport mechanism is e-mail, however other mechanisms are equally possible. The basic function is to reproduce a change, so a command like aedist -send | aedist -receive may be used to clone a change, though less efficiently than _a_e_c_l_o_n_e(1). The file format used is designed to withstand mail servers, so activities such as aedist -send | _e_-_m_a_i_l _| _a_e_d_i_s_t _-_r_e_c_e_i_v_e (where _e_-_m_a_i_l represents sending, transporting and receiving your e- mail) will reproduce the change on a remote system. With suitable tools (such as PGP) is it possible to aedist -send | encrypt | _e_-_m_a_i_l _| _d_e_c_r_y_p_t _| _a_e_d_i_s_t _-_r_e_c_e_i_v_e The mechanism is also designed to allow web-based distribution such as aedist -send | _w_e_b_-_s_e_r_v_e_r _-_> _w_e_b_-_b_r_o_w_s_e_r _| _a_e_d_i_s_t _-_r_e_c_e_i_v_e by the use of appropriate CGI scripts and mailcap entries. It is possible to support both a "push" model and a "pull" model using this command. For suggestions and ideas for various ways to do this, see the Aegis Users Guide. SSEENNDD The send variant takes a specified change, or baseline, and constructs a distribution package containing all of the change attributes and source file attributes and source file contents. The result is com- pressed, and encoded into a text format which can be sent as e-mail without being corrupted by the mail transfer agents along the way. OOppttiioonnss The following options are understood by the send variant: --BBaasseeLLiinnee This option may be used to specify the source of a project, rather than a change. Implies the _-_E_n_t_i_r_e___S_o_u_r_c_e option, unless over-ridden. --CChhaannggee _n_u_m_b_e_r This option may be used to specify a particular change within a project. See _a_e_g_i_s(1) for a complete description of this option. --CCOOMMPPAATTiibbiilliittyy _v_e_r_s_i_o_n_-_n_u_m_b_e_r This option may be used to specify the version of _a_e_d_i_s_t(1) which will be _r_e_c_e_i_v_i_n_g this change set. This information is used to select which features to include in the data, and which to omit. By default, the latest feature set will be used. --ccoommpprreessssiioonn--aallggoorriitthhmm _n_a_m_e This option may be used to specify the compression to be used. They are listed on order of compression effeciency. none Use no compression (not always meaningful for all com- mands). gzip Use the compression used by the _g_z_i_p(1) program. bzip2 Use the compression used by the _b_z_i_p_2(1) program. More compression algorithms may be added in the future. --CCOOMMPPrreessss This option is deprecated in favour of the --ccoommpp--aallgg==ggzziipp or --ccoommpp--aallgg==bbzziipp22 options. --NNoo__CCOOMMPPrreessss This options is deprecated in favour of the --ccoommpp--aallgg==nnoonnee option. --CCoonntteenntt__TTrraannssffeerr__EEnnccooddiinngg _n_a_m_e This option may be used to specify the content transfer encod- ing to be used. It may take one of the following values: None No content transfer encoding is to be performed. Base64 The MIME base 64 encoding is to be used. This is the default. Quoted_Printable The MIME quoted printable encoding is to be used. Unix_to_Unix_encode The ancient unix-to-unix encoding is to be used. These encodings may be abbreviated in the same way as comment line options. --AAsscciiii__AArrmmoorr This means the same as the "-cte=base64" option above. --NNoo__AAsscciiii__AArrmmoorr This means the same as the "-cte=none" option above. --DDEELLttaa _n_u_m_b_e_r This option may be used to specify a particular delta in the project's history to copy the file from, rather than the most current version. If the delta has been given a name (see _a_e_d_n(1) for how) you may use a delta name instead of a delta number. It is an error if the delta specified does not exist. Delta numbers start from 1 and increase; delta 0 is a special case meaning "when the branch started". --DDEELLttaa__DDaattee _s_t_r_i_n_g This option may be used to specify a particular date and time in the project's history to copy the file from, rather than the most current version. It is an error if the string speci- fied cannot be interpreted as a valid date and time. Quote the string if you need to use spaces. --DDEELLttaa__FFrroomm__CChhaannggee _n_u_m_b_e_r This option may be used to specify a particular project delta from its change number. --DDeessccrriippttiioonn__HHeeaaddeerr This option may be used to add an RFC 822 style header to the change description being sent, with a From and Date line. This is the default. --NNoo__DDeessccrriippttiioonn__HHeeaaddeerr This option suppresses the description header. --EEnnttiirree__SSoouurrccee This option may be used to send the entire source of the project, as well as the change source files. --IIggnnoorree__UUUUIIDD This option may be used to ignore the UUID, if present, of the outgoing change set. --NNoo__IIggnnoorree__UUUUIIDD This option forces the _a_e_d_i_s_t command to use the outgoing change set's UUID information. This is the default (unless the compatibility option will to avoid attributes). --MMiimmee__HHeeaaddeerrss This option may be use to force the presence of mime headers in the output, in circumstances they would usually be absent. --NNoo__MMiimmee__HHeeaaddeerrss This option may be use to force the absence of mime headers in the output, in circumstances where they would usually be present. --OOuuttppuutt__FFoorrmmaatt==_n_a_m_e This option may be used to select the output format to be useds. Using a _n_a_m_e of "list" or "help" will cause the list of known formats to be printed on the standard output. --PPaarrttiiaall__SSoouurrccee This option may be used to send only source files of a change. This is the default, except for the _-_B_a_s_e_L_i_n_e option. --OOuuttppuutt _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e This option may be used to specify the output file. The out- put is sent to the standard output by default. --PPAATTcchh This option is deprecated. Please use the --CCOOMMPPAATTiibbiilliittyy option instead. --NNoo__PPAATTcchh This option is deprecated. Please use the --CCOOMMPPAATTiibbiilliittyy==44..66 option instead. --PPrroojjeecctt _n_a_m_e This option may be used to select the project of interest. When no --PPrroojjeecctt option is specified, the _A_E_G_I_S___P_R_O_J_E_C_T envi- ronment variable is consulted. If that does not exist, the user's _$_H_O_M_E_/_._a_e_g_i_s_r_c file is examined for a default project field (see _a_e_u_c_o_n_f(5) for more information). If that does not exist, when the user is only working on changes within a sin- gle project, the project name defaults to that project. Oth- erwise, it is an error. --SSiiggnneedd__OOffff__BByy This option may be used to have a Signed-off-by: line appended to the change set description. --NNoo__SSiiggnneedd__OOffff__BByy This option may be used to prevent a Signed-off-by: line from being appended to the change set description. RREECCEEIIVVEE The receive variant takes a change package created by the send variant and creates an Aegis change (see _a_e_n_c(1)) to implement the change within. Files are added to the change (see _a_e_r_m(1), _a_e_c_p(1), _a_e_n_f(1) and _a_e_n_t(1)) and then the file contents are unpackaged into the devel- opment directory. The change is then built (see _a_e_b(1)), differenced (see _a_e_d(1)), and tested (see _a_e_t(1)). If all of this is successful, development of the change is ended (see _a_e_d(1)). The automatic process stops at this point, so that a local reviewer can confirm that the change is desired. NNoottiiffiiccaattiioonn The _a_e_d_i_s_t command invokes various other Aegis commands. The usual notifications that these commands would issue are issued. OOppttiioonnss The following options are understood by the receive variant: --CChhaannggee _n_u_m_b_e_r This option may be used to choose the change number to be used, otherwise one will be chosen automatically. --DDEELLttaa _n_u_m_b_e_r This option may be used to specify a particular delta in the project's history to copy the file from, just as for the _a_e_c_p(1) command. You may also use a delta name instead of a delta number. --DDIIRReeccttoorryy _p_a_t_h This option may be used to specify which directory is to be used. It is an error if the current user does not have appro- priate permissions to create the directory path given. This must be an absolute path. Caution: If you are using an automounter do not use `pwd` to make an absolute path, it usually gives the wrong answer. --FFiillee _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e Read the change set from the specified file. The default is to read it from the standard input. The filename `-' is understood to mean the standard input. If your system has _l_i_b_c_u_r_l(3), and Aegis was configured to use it at compile time (this is the default if it is available) you will also be able to specify a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in place of the file name. The relevant data will be downloaded. (The --VVeerrbboossee option will provide a progress bar.) --IInnppuutt__FFoorrmmaatt==_n_a_m_e This option may be used to select the input format to be used. Using a _n_a_m_e of "list" or "help" will cause the list of known input formats to be printed on the standard output. --PPAATTcchh This option may be used to apply patches from the input, if available. This generally results in fewer merge problems, but it requires the two repositories to be well synchronized. This is the default. --NNoo__PPAATTcchh This option may be used to ignore patches in the input, if any are present. --IIggnnoorree__UUUUIIDD This option may be used to ignore the UUID, if present, of the incoming change set. --NNoo__IIggnnoorree__UUUUIIDD This option force the _a_e_d_i_s_t command to use the change set's UUID. This is the default. --OOuuttppuutt _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e This option may be used to specify a filename which is to be written with the automatically determined change number. Use- ful for writing scripts. --PPrroojjeecctt _n_a_m_e This option may be used to set the project name. If not spec- ified, the project name in the input package will be used, rather than the usual project name defaulting mechanism. --TTrroojjaann This option may be used to treat the change set as if it had a Trojan horse attack in it. --NNoo__TTrroojjaann This option may be used to treat the change set as if it defi- nitely does not have a Trojan horse attack in it. _U_s_e _w_i_t_h _e_x_t_r_e_m_e _c_a_r_e_. You need to have authenticated the message with something like PGP first aanndd know the the author well. SSeeccuurriittyy Receiving changes by e-mail, and automatically committing them to the baseline without checking them, would be a recipe for disaster. A number of safeguards are provided: +o The format of the package is confirmed to be correct, and the pack- age verified for internal consistency, before it is unpacked and acted upon. +o The automatic portion of the process stops when development ends. This ensures that a local reviewer validates the change before it is committed, preventing accidental or malicious damage. +o If the change seeks to update the project _c_o_n_f_i_g file, the automatic process terminates before the build or difference occurs. This is because this file could contain trojans for these operations, so a human must examine the file before the change proceeds any further. +o There is a _p_o_t_e_n_t_i_a_l___t_r_o_j_a_n___h_o_r_s_e _= _[ _s_t_r_i_n_g _]_; field in the pro- ject_c_o_n_f_i_g file. Nominate build configuration files, shell scripts, code generators, _e_t_c here to specify files in addition to the project configuration file which should cause the automatic process- ing to halt. +o The use of e-mail authentication and encryption systems, such as PGP and GPG, are encouraged. However, it is expected that this process- ing will occur after _a_e_d_i_s_t _-_s_e_n_d has constructed the package and before _a_e_d_i_s_t _-_r_e_c_e_i_v_e examines and acts on the package. Verifica- tion of the sender is the surest defense against trojan horses. +o Automatic sending and receiving of packages is supported, but not implemented within the aedist command. It is expected that the aedist command will be used within shell scripts customized for your site and its unique security requirements. See the Aegis User Guide for several different ways to do this. +o The more you use Aegis' test management facilities (see _a_e_n_t(1) and _a_e_t(1)) the harder it is for an inadequate change to get into the baseline. DDuupplliiccaattee SSttoorrmmss In a distributed development environment, it is common for change sets to eventually be propagated back to the originator. There are situa- tions (particularly in some star topologies) where several copies of the package will return to the originator. If these change sets are not detected at the review stage, and are propagated out yet again, there is the possibility of an exponential explosion of redundant packages being distributed again and again. To combat this, changes are checked after the files are unpacked, but before and build or difference or test is performed. The "_a_e_c_p_u _-_u_n_c_h_a_n_g_e_d" command is used to exclude all files that the local repos- itory already has in the desired form. If no change files remain after this, the change is dropped entirely (see _a_e_d_b_u(1) and _a_e_n_c_u(1)). RREEPPLLAAYY If you are tracking a remote site which makes a project available via the _a_e_g_e_t(1) web interface, you can automatically synchronize with the remote site using the _a_e_d_i_s_t _-_r_e_p_l_a_y command. For example, Aegis developers can track the master project with a com- mand of the form: aedist -p aegis.4.25 -replay -f aegis.sourceforge.net This command is internally rewritten as aedist -replay -p aegis.4.25 -f \ http://aegis.sf.net/cgi-bin/aeget/aegis.4.25/?inventory If your cgi-bin directory is somewhere else, you will need to use the long form. The change set inventory page is human readable if you want to see what it contains. The links on this page provide all the information necessary to download any of the change sets listed. This command reads the list of change set UUIDs from the remote repos- itory, and compares it with the list of change set UUIDs in the local repository, and fetches any that are not present locally. Each of the change sets required are downloaded and unpacked by issu- ing a command such as aedist -rec -f \ http://aegis.sf.net/cgi-bin/aeget/aegis.4.19.C010/?aedist If this completes successfully (and it is possible it won't, either because of trojan warnings, or some conflict between local changes and the incoming remote changes), and your project has its _d_e_v_e_l_o_p___e_n_d___- _a_c_t_i_o_n set to _g_o_t_o___a_w_a_i_t_i_n_g___i_n_t_e_g_r_a_t_i_o_n, the change will be integrated using a command such as: aeintegratq -p aegis.4.25 -c 10 and then starts over again for the next missing change set. This command will attempt to use the same change number as in the remote repository, if it is available. OOppttiioonnss The following options are understood by this variant: --EEXXcclluuddee__UUUUIIDD _U_U_I_D This option may be used to exclude some change sets from being downloaded and unpacked. This option may be used more than once. --NNoo__EEXXcclluuddee__UUUUIIDD _U_U_I_D This option may be used to explicitly list change sets to be downloaded and unpacked, to the exclusion of all others. This option may be used more than once. --EEXXcclluuddee__VVEERRssiioonn _p_a_t_t_e_r_n This option may be used to explicitly exclude some change set from being downloaded and unpacked. The _p_a_t_t_e_r_n is matched against the version as displayed in the inventory. This option may be used more than once. --IINNcclluuddee__VVEERRssiioonn _p_a_t_t_e_r_n This option may be used to explicitly list change sets to be downloaded and unpacked, to the exclusion of all others. The _p_a_t_t_e_r_n is matched against the version as displayed in the inventory. This option may be used more than once. --FFiillee _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e Read the change set from the specified file. The default is to read it from the standard input. The filename `-' is understood to mean the standard input. If your system has _l_i_b_c_u_r_l(3), and Aegis was configured to use it at compile time (this is the default if it is available) you will also be able to specify a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in place of the file name. The relevant data will be downloaded. (The --VVeerrbboossee option will provide a progress bar.) --MMAAXXiimmuumm This option may be used to download as many changes as possi- ble by excluding the maximum number of local changes sets, by excluding both local change sets UUIDs (the default) but also excluding UUIDs mentioned in change "original-uuid" attributes. --PPEErrsseevveerree This option may be used to specify that all relevant change sets should be downloaded, even if some fail. Defaults to the user's _p_e_r_s_e_v_e_r_e___p_r_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e if not specified, see _a_e_u_c_o_n_f(5) for more information. --NNoo__PPEErrsseevveerree This option may be used to specify that the downloading of change sets should stop after the first failure. Defaults to the user's _p_e_r_s_e_v_e_r_e___p_r_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e if not specified, see _a_e_u_- _c_o_n_f(5) for more information. --PPrroojjeecctt _n_a_m_e This option may be used to select the project of interest. When no --PPrroojjeecctt option is specified, the _A_E_G_I_S___P_R_O_J_E_C_T envi- ronment variable is consulted. If that does not exist, the user's _$_H_O_M_E_/_._a_e_g_i_s_r_c file is examined for a default project field (see _a_e_u_c_o_n_f(5) for more information). If that does not exist, when the user is only working on changes within a sin- gle project, the project name defaults to that project. Oth- erwise, it is an error. --TTrroojjaann This option is passed to any _a_e_d_i_s_t(1) commands spawned by this command. --NNoo__TTrroojjaann This option is passed to any _a_e_d_i_s_t(1) commands spawned by this command. --NNoott__CCoommppaattiibbiilliittyy This option must be used when using _a_e_d_i_s_t _-_r_e_p_l_a_y against a file based inventory. MMIISSSSIINNGG If you want to see the change sets that _a_e_d_i_s_t _-_r_e_p_l_a_y may download before it goes ahead and does it, you can use a command such as: aedist -missing -f aegis.sf.net In particular, this allows you to select appropriate UUIDs for the _a_e_d_i_s_t _-_r_e_p_l_a_y _-_e_x_c_l_u_d_e or _-_n_o_-_e_x_c_l_u_d_e options. OOppttiioonnss The following options are understood by this variant: --EEXXcclluuddee__UUUUIIDD _U_U_I_D This option may be used to exclude some change sets from being listed. This option may be used more than once. --NNoo__EEXXcclluuddee__UUUUIIDD _U_U_I_D This option may be used to explicitly list change sets to be listed, to the exclusion of all others. This option may be used more than once. --EEXXcclluuddee__VVEERRssiioonn _p_a_t_t_e_r_n This option may be used to explicitly exclude some change set from being listed. The _p_a_t_t_e_r_n is matched against the version as displayed in the inventory. This option may be used more than once. --IINNcclluuddee__VVeerrssiioonn _p_a_t_t_e_r_n This option may be used to explicitly list change sets to be listed, to the exclusion of all others. The _p_a_t_t_e_r_n is matched against the version as displayed in the inventory. This option may be used more than once. --MMAAXXiimmuumm This option may be used to download as many changes as possi- ble by excluding the maximum number of local changes sets, by excluding both local change sets UUIDs (the default) but also excluding UUIDs mentioned in change "original-uuid" attributes. PPEENNDDIINNGG If you want to see the change sets that a remote repository is missing with respect to yours, you can use a command such as: aedist -pending -f aegis.sf.net OOppttiioonnss The following options are understood by this variant: --EEXXcclluuddee__UUUUIIDD _U_U_I_D This option may be used to exclude some local change sets from being listed. This option may be used more than once. --NNoo__EEXXcclluuddee__UUUUIIDD _U_U_I_D This option may be used to explicitly list local change sets to be listed, to the exclusion of all others. This option may be used more than once. --EEXXcclluuddee__VVEERRssiioonn _p_a_t_t_e_r_n This option may be used to explicitly exclude some local change set from being listed. The _p_a_t_t_e_r_n is matched against the version as displayed in the inventory. This option may be used more than once. --IINNcclluuddee__VVEERRssiioonn _p_a_t_t_e_r_n This option may be used to explicitly list local change sets to be listed, to the exclusion of all others. The _p_a_t_t_e_r_n is matched against the version as displayed in the inventory. This option may be used more than once. IINNVVEENNTTOORRYY The inventory variant can be used as an alternative to aeget to gener- ate the inventory used by the replay, missing and pending variants. The idea is to run the inventory variant on the development machine and then upload its output to the public repository. In order to gen- erate the inventory you can use a command such as: aedist -inventory -proj project > inventory.html OOppttiioonnss The following options are understood by this variant: --AAEEGGEETT This option is used by aeget to require the original _a_e_g_e_t(1) behavior. --AAllll This option is used to require the inclusion of the UUIDs con- tained in the original-UUID attribute of each change. --EEXXcclluuddee__VVeerrssiioonn _p_a_t_t_e_r_n This option may be used to explicitly exclude some change set to be added to the inventory file. The _p_a_t_t_e_r_n is matched against the version as displayed in the inventory. This option may be used more than once. --IINNcclluuddee__VVeerrssiioonn _p_a_t_t_e_r_n This option may be used to explicitly list change sets to be added to the the inventory file, to the exclusion of all oth- ers. The _p_a_t_t_e_r_n is matched against the version as displayed in the inventory. This option may be used more than once. --ppaatthh__pprreeffiixx__aadddd This option is used to add a path prefix to the URLs generated in the inventory. --PPrroojjeecctt _n_a_m_e This option may be used to select the project of interest. When no --PPrroojjeecctt option is specified, the _A_E_G_I_S___P_R_O_J_E_C_T envi- ronment variable is consulted. If that does not exist, the user's _$_H_O_M_E_/_._a_e_g_i_s_r_c file is examined for a default project field (see _a_e_u_c_o_n_f(5) for more information). If that does not exist, when the user is only working on changes within a sin- gle project, the project name defaults to that project. Oth- erwise, it is an error. AARRCCHHIIVVEE As an alternative to using the _a_e_g_e_t(1) CGI program, the aedist ar- chive variant is provided. This variant can be used to populate a directory with the aedist archives of each change with an UUID. The archives will have a name based on the UUID of the change with exten- sion ".ae", the fingerprint of the archive will be stored in a file with the same (base)name with extension ".fp". Running the archive variant multiple times against the same target directory will update that directory, adding the files of changes integrated after the last run and regenerating the files if a corruption is detected. OOppttiioonnss The following options are understood by the archive variant: --CChhaannggee--DDiirreeccttoorryy _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y This option is used to designate the directory to be populated with the _a_e_d_i_s_t(1) generated files. If this option is not used then the current directory is used as the target of the command. The directory must exists and be accessible by the user running the command. --EEXXcclluuddee__VVeerrssiioonn _p_a_t_t_e_r_n This option may be used to explicitly exclude some change set to be added to the target directory. The _p_a_t_t_e_r_n is matched against the version as displayed in the inventory. This option may be used more than once. --IINNcclluuddee__VVeerrssiioonn _p_a_t_t_e_r_n This option may be used to explicitly list change sets to be added to the target directory, to the exclusion of all others. The _p_a_t_t_e_r_n is matched against the version as displayed in the inventory. This option may be used more than once. --PPrroojjeecctt _n_a_m_e This option may be used to select the project of interest. When no --PPrroojjeecctt option is specified, the _A_E_G_I_S___P_R_O_J_E_C_T envi- ronment variable is consulted. If that does not exist, the user's _$_H_O_M_E_/_._a_e_g_i_s_r_c file is examined for a default project field (see _a_e_u_c_o_n_f(5) for more information). If that does not exist, when the user is only working on changes within a sin- gle project, the project name defaults to that project. Oth- erwise, it is an error. LLIISSTT The list variant can be used to list the contents of a package without actually unpacking it first. The output is reminiscent of the _a_e_g_i_s _-_l_i_s_t _c_h_a_n_g_e_-_d_e_t_a_i_l_s output. OOppttiioonnss The following options are understood by the list variant: --FFiillee _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e Read the change set from the specified file. The default is to read it from the standard input. The filename `-' is understood to mean the standard input. If your system has _l_i_b_c_u_r_l(3), and Aegis was configured to use it at compile time (this is the default if it is available) you will also be able to specify a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in place of the file name. The relevant data will be downloaded. (The --VVeerrbboossee option will provide a progress bar.) --OOuuttppuutt _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e This option may be used to specify the output file. The out- put is sent to the standard output by default. Only useful with the -List option. OOPPTTIIOONNSS The following options to this command haven't been mentioned yet: --HHeellpp This option may be used to obtain more information about how to use the _a_e_d_i_s_t program. See also _a_e_g_i_s(1) for options common to all aegis commands. All options may be abbreviated; the abbreviation is documented as the upper case letters, all lower case letters and underscores (_) are optional. You must use consecutive sequences of optional letters. All options are case insensitive, you may type them in upper case or lower case or a combination of both, case is not important. For example: the arguments "-project", "-PROJ" and "-p" are all inter- preted to mean the --PPrroojjeecctt option. The argument "-prj" will not be understood, because consecutive optional characters were not supplied. Options and other command line arguments may be mixed arbitrarily on the command line, after the function selectors. The GNU long option names are understood. Since all option names for _a_e_d_i_s_t are long, this means ignoring the extra leading '-'. The "----_o_p_t_i_o_n==_v_a_l_u_e" convention is also understood. FFIILLEE FFOORRMMAATT The file format re-uses existing formats, rather than introduce any- thing new. This means it is possible to extract the contents of a package even when aedist is unavailable. +o The source files and other information is stored as a _c_p_i_o(1) ar- chive. +o The archive is compressed using the _b_z_i_p_2(1) format. Typically pri- mary source files are ASCII text, resulting in significant compres- sion. +o The compressed result is encoded using the MIME base64 encoding. This makes the result approximately 33% larger than the compressed binary would be, but still smaller than the primary sources. The _c_p_i_o archive is used to store etc/project-name This contains the project name to apply the package to, unless over-ridden by the -project command line option. etc/change-number This contains the change number of the original change, this may be preserved if available on the target repository unless over-ridden by the -change command line option. etc/change-set This contains the change attributes and the list of source files and usages, in _a_e_c_s_t_a_t_e(5) format. patch/_f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e Each modified or renamed file in the package (named in _e_t_c_/_c_h_a_n_g_e_-_s_e_t) appears under the _p_a_t_c_h directory. The file may be empty unless some edits was done on the source reposi- tory. src/_f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e Each source file in the package (named in _e_t_c_/_c_h_a_n_g_e_-_s_e_t) appears under the _s_r_c_/ directory. Extra files, or files out of order, are a fatal error. EEXXIITT SSTTAATTUUSS The _a_e_d_i_s_t command will exit with a status of 1 on any error. The _a_e_d_i_s_t command will only exit with a status of 0 if there are no errors. EENNVVIIRROONNMMEENNTT VVAARRIIAABBLLEESS See _a_e_g_i_s(1) for a list of environment variables which may affect this command. See _a_e_p_c_o_n_f(5) for the project configuration file's _p_r_o_j_e_c_t___s_p_e_c_i_f_i_c field for how to set environment variables for all commands executed by Aegis. CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT aedist version 4.25.D611 Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Peter Miller The aedist program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the '_a_e_d_i_s_t _-_V_E_R_S_i_o_n _L_i_c_e_n_s_e' command. This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details use the '_a_e_d_i_s_t _-_V_E_R_S_i_o_n _L_i_c_e_n_s_e' command. AAUUTTHHOORR Peter Miller E-Mail: pmiller@opensource.org.au /\/\* WWW: http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/ CCRREEDDIITTSS This program evolved through discussion with a number of people. If I have forgotten anyone, it wasn't intentional. Ralf Fassel Catching trojan horses. Walter Franzini coding -replay download Florian Xhumari On the need for pull interfaces. Graham Wheeler HTTP pull interfacing. Reference Manual Aegis aedist(1)