4. PTXdist Developer’s Manual

This chapter shows all (or most) of the details of how PTXdist works.

• 4.1. PTXdist’s Directory Hierarchy
  • Rule Files
  • Patch Series
  • Runtime Configuration
• 4.2. Adding New Packages
  • Rule File Creation
  • Make it Work
• 4.3. Advanced Rule Files
  • Adding Static Configure Parameters
  • Adding Dynamic Configure Parameters
  • Managing External Compile Time Dependencies
  • Managing External Compile Time Dependencies on Demand
  • Managing External Runtime Dependencies
  • Managing Plain Makefile Packages
  • Managing CMake/QMake/Meson Packages
  • Managing Python Packages
  • Managing Cargo Packages
• 4.4. Patching Packages
  • Creating a Patch Series for a Package
  • Adding More Patches to a Package
  • Modifying Autotoolized Packages
• 4.5. Adding Binary Only Files
  • Add Binary Files File by File
  • Add Binary Files via an Archive
  • Creating a Rules File
• 4.6. Creating New Package Templates
  • Modifying a Template
  • Creating a New Template
• 4.7. Tracking licensing information in packages
  • Finding licensing information
  • Distillation into license identifiers
  • Adding license files to PTXdist packages
• 4.8. Layers in PTXdist
  • Writing Layer Aware Rules
  • PTXdist Config Files with Multiple Layers
  • Packages with kconfig Based Config Files
• 4.9. Kconfig Diffs
  • Using Kconfig diffs
  • Kconfig diffs and layers
• 4.10. Code Signing
  • Code Signing Providers
  • Managing Certificate Authority Keyrings
  • Code Signing Consumers