Distributed applications

Two applications are distributed, makedist and tkmakedist. The difference between them is that makedist starts scanning immediately, tkmakedist on the other hand pops up a graphical interface, allowing for interactive redefinition of all options before start.

General invocation of both is as (tk)makedist ?-option value?... module.

Recognized options are:

-version: Tag or version of the module to retrieve. Defaults to the head version.
-builddir: The directory to use during the build. Defaults to ~/.mkdXX, with XX set to the process id of the current process.
-retriever: The code of the retrieval method to use. Equivalent to the type of repository used to store the module. Defaults to 'cvs', currently the only repository supported by the system.
-packer: A list containing the codes of the pack/archiver mechanisms to use. Defaults to 'tgz', i.e. tar + gzip compression. tkautodesk can be used to see the other possible methods.
-transport: The code of the transporter to use for moving the archive and its supporting files to the final destination. Defaults 'pwd'. This moves the archive(s) to the working directory.

Both applications read the file '.makedistrc' in the home directory of the caller, if present, and incorporate any option-values defined in it. These definitions take precedence over the hardwired defaults, but can be overridden by the command line.

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