httpie-cli/docs/packaging/linux-void

HTTPie on Void Linux

Welcome to the documentation about packaging HTTPie for Void Linux.

• If you do not know HTTPie, have a look here.
• If you are looking for HTTPie installation or upgrade instructions on Void Linux, then you can find them on that page.
• If you are looking for technical information about the HTTPie packaging on Void Linux, then you are in a good place.

About

This document contains technical details, where we describe how to create a patch for the latest HTTPie version for Void Linux. We will discuss setting up the environment, installing development tools, installing and testing changes before submitting a patch downstream.

Overall process

Open a pull request to update the downstream file (example).

• The commit message must be httpie: update to XXX..
• The commit must be signed-off (git commit -s).

Hacking

Launch the docker image:

docker pull voidlinux/voidlinux
docker run -it --rm voidlinux/voidlinux

From inside the container:

# Sync and upgrade once, assume error comes from xbps update
xbps-install -Syu
# Install tools
xbps-install -y git xtools file util-linux binutils bsdtar coreutils

# Clone
git clone --depth=1 git://github.com/void-linux/void-packages.git void-packages-src
cd void-packages-src

# Retrieve the patch of the latest HTTPie version
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/httpie/httpie/master/docs/packaging/linux-void/template \
    -o srcpkgs/httpie/template

# Check the package
xlint srcpkgs/httpie/template

# Link / to /masterdir
ln -s / masterdir

# Enable ethereal chroot-style
export XBPS_ALLOW_CHROOT_BREAKOUT=yes
./xbps-src binary-bootstrap
./xbps-src chroot

# Build the package
cd void-packages
export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=0
./xbps-src pkg httpie

# Install the package
xbps-install --repository=hostdir/binpkgs httpie

# And finally test it!
http --version
https --version