NAME

       packinit - initialize or update your .package file

SYNOPSIS

       packinit

DESCRIPTION

       Packinit  will  create (or update) a .package file, so that all the dist tools can be smart and know some
       basic things about your package, such as its revision number, or the e-mail address of its maintainer.

       Packinit should be run from the top level directory of your package, before using any  other  dist  tool.
       Later  on,  you  may rerun it to update some of its values.  Packinit will create a single file and leave
       the remaining of your directory undisturbed.

VARIABLES

       Packinit defines the following variables in your .package file:

       baserev        The baseline revision number.
       cext           The list (space separated) of file extensions identifying potential holders of C  symbols.
                      This is added to the default .[chyl] extension lookup.  Shell-style patterns may be used.
       changelog      The name of the ChangeLog file managed by patlog.
       changercs      Boolean stating whether RCS logs are to be made part of ChangeLog.
       copyright      Name of the file used for Copyright expansion.
       ftpdir         Directory where patches are located on the FTP site.
       ftpsite        Name of the FTP site where patches may be retrieved from.
       list_addr      Address of the package mailing list where users may post messages to.
       list_manager   Type of list manager attached to the list administrative request address.
       list_name      Name of the package users mailing list.
       list_request   Address  where  subscribe  and unsubscribe requests for the package mailing list should be
                      sent to.
       list_sub       Format of the subscribe requests.
       list_unsub     Format of the unsubscribe requests.
       list_users     A boolean string set to 'true' when there is a mailing list set up  for  discussion  about
                      the package.
       mailagent      A  boolean  string set to 'true' when people are allowed to retrieve patches via mailagent
                      @SH mailpatch commands.
       maintloc       E-mail address of the package maintainer, preferably in Internet format.
       maintname      Full name of the package maintainer.
       mydiff         Name of the diff program to be used when computing a patch.
       newsgroups     Newsgroup list where new patches should be posted to, empty for no postings.
       orgname        Full name of the organization where the package maitainer  resides,  or  path  to  a  file
                      containing that name.
       package        Name of the package.
       packver        Version of the packinit program that built the .package file.
       patchbranch    Name  of  the  RCS  branch used to store subsequent updates of a file after a baseline has
                      been released.
       recipients     People who should be sent newly issued patches.
       shext          The list (space separated) of file  extensions  identifying  potential  holders  of  shell
                      symbols.  This  is added to the default .SH extension lookup.  Shell-style patterns may be
                      used. Note that only .SH extensions  are  looked  up  by  Configure  for  automatic  shell
                      extraction with variable substitutions, no matter what this variable is set to.

FILE

       .package       File holding all the package-related values

AUTHORS

       Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com> (version 2.0)
       Raphael Manfredi <Raphael.Manfredi@pobox.com>

SEE ALSO

       dist(7).

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