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Comp-dist is a tool to compare the list of packages provided by two .deb distributions
Here's the script source comp-dist.sh:
#!/bin/sh
# Compare the list of packages provided in two distribution.
#
# Copyright (C) 2008 Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>
# latest version is available from:
# http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/comp-dist/
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
# Credits:
# - based on an idea from:
# http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/changes/23-14_vs_50-2_comparison.html
# TODO:
# - Process non-free, especially to list packages moved from main
# to contrib or non-free
# - For removed packages, add link to the RM's hint.
# - For new packages, add link to ITP(?).
# Changelog:
# 0.01 - Add $Arch in html_header
# 0.00 - Initial release
set -e
if [ "$1" = "" -o "$2" = "" -o "$3" != "" ]; then
echo "You must specify 2 distribution to compare, like " >&2
echo "$0 etch lenny"
exit 1
fi
P=$1
C=$2
arch=${arch:-i386}
# ### Declare some funcations ###
colorize_table_lines() {
while read l ; do
if [ "$u" = "#fff" ]; then
u="#eee"
else u="#fff"
fi
echo $l | sed -e "s/@TRSTYLE@/style=\"background-color:$u\"/"
done
}
html_header() {
cat <<XXX
<html><head>
<title>$1</title>
<style>
/* <!-- */
.removed {background-color:#ff0000}
.upgraded {background-color:#00ff00}
.newbinpkg {background-color:#8888ff; color:#ffffff}
.newsrcpkg {background-color:#0000ff; color:#ffffff}
.replaced {background-color:#ff8888}
th {background-color:#000000; border-bottom:2pt solid #ffcc00; font-size:12pt; color:#ffcc00}
th font {color:inherit}
table.legend {border-collapse:collapse; border: 2px solid #444444; font-size:smaller}
h1 {font-size:16pt}
/* --> */
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>$1</h1>
<table class="legend" border="1" align="right">
<tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><b>The use of colour coding in tables:</b><div style="display:none;visiblility:hidden">(requires CSS compatible web browser)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="newsrcpkg"> </td><td><a href="new-src.html"><b>New Source packages</b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="newbinpkg"> </td><td><a href="new-bin.html" title="New package from a source package that was present in $P">New Binary packages</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="upgraded"> </td><td rowspan="2"><a href="upgraded.html">Upgraded packages and unchanged</a></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td class="replaced"> </td><td><a href="replaced.html">Replaced packages</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="removed"> </td><td><a href="removed.html"><b>Removed Packages</b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><a href="full-list.html">Full list (heavy page)</a></td></tr>
</table>
<p><br/>
</p>
<table width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed; width:100%; margin:0">
<caption><b>Comparison of packages in <i>$P</i> and <i>$C</i></b></caption>
<tr>
<th width="40%"><font color="#ff6644">Package</font></th>
<th width="30%"><font color="#ff6644">$P</font></th>
<th width="30%"><font color="#ff6644">$C</font></th>
</tr>
XXX
}
html_footer() {
echo "</table></body></html>"
}
#Fetch Packages list
for d in $C $P ; do
case $d in
sarge|woody|potato|slink|hamm|bo|rex|buzz)
baseurl=http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/$d
;;
*)
baseurl=http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/$d
esac
[ ! -f ${d}.Packages ] && \
wget -q -O ${d}_DistRelease $baseurl/Release || true
wget -q -O ${d}_Release $baseurl/main/binary-${arch}/Release || true
wget -O ${d}.Packages.gz $baseurl/main/binary-${arch}/Packages.gz && \
gzip -d ${d}.Packages.gz
grep -E "^(Package|[Vv]ersion):" ${d}.Packages \
| tr -d " "\
| tr "\n" "/" \
| sed -e 's/Package:/\n/g' -e 's/[Vv]ersion:/\t/g' -e 's/([^)]*)//' \
| tr -d "/" \
| sort -k 1b,1 > ${d}_ver
grep -E "^(Package|[Ss]ource):" ${d}.Packages \
| tr -d " "\
| tr "\n" "/" \
| sed -e 's/Package:/\n/g' -e 's/[Ss]ource:/\t/g' \
| tr -d "/" \
| sed -e 's/^[^\t]*$/\0\t\0/' \
| sort -k 2b,2 > ${d}_pkg-to-source
done
grep -E "^[Ss]ource:" ${P}.Packages \
| sed -e "s/^[^:]\+:[[:blank:]]*\([^ ]\+\).*$/\1/" \
| sort -u > ${P}.source
join -1 1 -2 2 -o "2.1 2.2" ${P}_pkg-to-source ${C}_pkg-to-source \
| tr " " "\t" \
| sort -k 1b,1 > ${C}_source-to-pkg
#Build the list of "Provided" packages in the "New" distribution.
grep -E "^P(ackage|rovides):" ${C}.Packages | tr -d " " \
| grep "Provides:" -B 1 \
| while read l ; do
[ "${l%:*}" = "Package" ] && pkg=${l#*:}
[ "${l%:*}" = "Provides" ] && echo ${l#*:} | tr "," "\n" | sed -e "s/$/\t$pkg/"
done | sort -k 1b,1 > ${C}_Providedby
# Build a list of discountinued packages.
join -v 1 ${P}_ver ${C}_ver -j 1 > discontinued.lst
#Build a table of discontinued packages, that are Provided by another one.
p=""
new=""
join -v 1 ${P}_ver ${C}_ver -j 1 \
| join -j 1 - ${C}_Providedby -o "1.1 2.2" \
| tr " " ":" \
| while read l ; do
s="${l%:*}"
if [ "$p" != "$s" ] ; then
echo "$p:$new"
p="$s"
new="${l#*:}"
else
new="$new,${l#*:}"
fi
done | tr ":" "\t" > ${C}_Providedby2
join -j 1 discontinued.lst ${C}_Providedby2 \
| sed -e 's#^\(.*\) \(.*\) \(.*\)$#<tr @TRSTYLE@><td>\1</td><td>\2</td><td class=\"replaced\">Replaced,\ see: \3</td></tr>#' \
> replaced_pkg.htm
# Build a table of discontined packages
join -v 1 -j 1 discontinued.lst ${C}_Providedby2 \
| sed -e 's#^\(.*\) \(.*\)$#<tr @TRSTYLE@><td>\1</td><td>\2</td><td class=\"removed\">Removed</td></tr>#' \
> removed_pkg.htm
# Build a table of upgraded (and unchanged) packages
join -j 1 ${P}_ver ${C}_ver \
| while read pkg a b ; do
if [ "$a" = "$b" ]; then
u=""
else
u=" class=\"upgraded\""
fi
echo "<tr @TRSTYLE@><td>$pkg </td><td>$a </td><td$u>$b </td></tr>"
done > common_pkg.htm
# Build a list of New package.
join -j 1 -v 2 ${P}_ver ${C}_ver > new_pkg.lst
join -j 1 -o "1.1 1.2 2.2" new_pkg.lst ${C}_source-to-pkg \
| while read pkg a b; do
echo "<tr @TRSTYLE@><td>$pkg </td><td>N/A </td><td class=\"newbinpkg\">${a} (src:${b})</td></tr>"
done > new_binpkg.htm
join -v 1 -j 1 new_pkg.lst ${C}_source-to-pkg \
| while read pkg a ; do
echo "<tr @TRSTYLE@><td>$pkg </td><td>N/A </td><td class=\"newsrcpkg\">${a} </td></tr>"
done > new_srcpkg.htm
#Generate the output html files
html_header "New packages [source] ($P versus $C, for $arch)" > new-src.html
sort -k 1b,1 new_srcpkg.htm \
| colorize_table_lines >> new-src.html
html_footer >> new-src.html
html_header "New packages [binary] ($P versus $C, for $arch)" > new-bin.html
sort -k 1b,1 new_binpkg.htm \
| colorize_table_lines >> new-bin.html
html_footer >> new-bin.html
html_header "Upgraded and unchanged packages ($P versus $C, for $arch)" > upgraded.html
sort -k 1b,1 common_pkg.htm \
| colorize_table_lines >> upgraded.html
html_footer >> upgraded.html
html_header "Replaced packages ($P versus $C, for $arch)" > replaced.html
sort -k 1b,1 replaced_pkg.htm \
| colorize_table_lines >> replaced.html
html_footer >> replaced.html
html_header "Removed packages ($P versus $C, for $arch)" > removed.html
sort -k 1b,1 removed_pkg.htm \
| colorize_table_lines >> removed.html
html_footer >> removed.html
html_header "Complete list ($P versus $C, for $arch)" > full-list.html
sort -k 1b,1 replaced_pkg.htm common_pkg.htm removed_pkg.htm new_srcpkg.htm new_binpkg.htm \
| colorize_table_lines >> full-list.html
html_footer >> full-list.html
rm discontinued.lst new_pkg.lst
rm ${C}_source-to-pkg ${C}_pkg-to-source ${P}_source-to-pkg ${P}_pkg-to-source
rm ${C}.Packages ${P}.Packages
rm ${C}_ver ${P}_ver
rm ${C}_Providedby ${C}_Providedby2
rm common_pkg.htm new_binpkg.htm new_srcpkg.htm removed_pkg.htm replaced_pkg.htm