Conaryopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to Conary

2010.4.1

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Table of Contents

Introduction to Conaryopedia
1 -- Conary Versions and Flavors
1.1 -- Version String Anatomy
1.2 -- Flavors
2 -- Conary System Management
2.1 -- Common Conary Commands
2.2 -- Install and Use the Conary Manual Page
3 -- Copying and Customizing Existing Conary Packages
3.1 -- Shadowing and Deriving
3.2 -- Merging Changes from Upstream
3.3 -- Cloning and Promoting
4 -- Recipe Types and Templates
4.1 -- Binary Executables
4.2 -- RPM Packages
4.3 -- Java Applications
4.4 -- C Source Code
4.5 -- Python Source Code
4.6 -- PHP Applications
4.7 -- Ruby Source Code
4.8 -- Perl Applications from CPAN
4.9 -- Custom Linux Kernel Packages
4.10 -- GNOME Applications
4.11 -- Group Recipes
4.12 -- Creating System Users and Groups with Info Packages
4.13 -- Redirect Packages and Groups
5 -- Recipe Actions, Macros, and Variables
5.1 -- Package and Group Recipe Classes
5.2 -- Package Variables and Actions
5.3 -- Group Variables and Actions
5.4 -- Macros
6 -- Factory Automation for Recipes
6.1 -- Find and Use Factories from rPath
6.2 -- Create Your Own Factory
6.3 -- Use Your Custom Factory