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BehindCurtai
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Generating digest.txt and digest.txt.sig for getdown

Is there any automated tool for generating digest.txt for getdown? And how do you generate digest.txt.sig?
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Sig? Sig? We don't need no stinking sig.

[Feb 14, 2008 11:54:00 AM]

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bitbasher
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Re: Generating digest.txt and digest.txt.sig for getdown

com.threerings.getdown.tools.DigesterTask

May be used for creating the digest.txt file. You need an ant file like this:

<project name="getdown-pro" basedir="." default="use">
<target name="use" description="Use the Task" >          
<taskdef name="digest" 
              classname="com.threerings.getdown.tools.DigesterTask" 
              classpath="getdown.jar:samskivert.jar"/>
<digest appdir="scenepainter-2.3" />                                                             
</target>                  
</project>

(Edited by mdb to avoid formatting wackiness.)
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[Feb 15, 2008 4:07:16 AM]

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bitbasher
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Re: Generating digest.txt and digest.txt.sig for getdown

Hrmpf, I begin to truly dislike mvnforum. It should be possible, to edit one's own posts and it shouldn't be nescessary to have to reset the password prior to login.

Anyway, here's the ant file again (hopefully more readable):




<project name="getdown-pro" basedir="." default="use">


  <target name="use" description="Use the Task" >
    <taskdef name="digest" classname="com.threerings.getdown.tools.DigesterTask" classpath="getdown.jar:samskivert.jar"/>
    <digest appdir="scenepainter-2.3" />
  </target>

</project>

[Feb 15, 2008 4:12:30 AM]

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BehindCurtai
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Re: Generating digest.txt and digest.txt.sig for getdown

... and my hosting site doesn't have ant. Go figger.
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[Feb 19, 2008 8:21:40 PM]

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bitbasher
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Re: Generating digest.txt and digest.txt.sig for getdown

... and my hosting site doesn't have ant. Go figger.

You do not need ant on the webserver (neither do you need anything beyond the capability to upload files there). Everything can be prepeared on your local workstation and then simply put in place. As far as I remember, the whole process works something like this (I still have scenepainter lying around, so I use that as an example. Also I use linux, so your milleage might vary):

Create a tmpdir on your local machine (mkdir -p ~/tmp/scenepainter).
Within that tmpdir create a directory for the initial version, you wish to distribute with getdown and install the software therein (mkdir -p ~/tmp/scenepainter-2.3 ; cd ~/tmp/scenepainter/scenepainter-2.3 ; unzip ~/scenepainter-2.3.zip)

create your getdown.txt in that directory


appbase = http://www.home.unix-ag.org/patrick/software/scenepainter/getdown/    
code = scenepainter.jar                                                         
code = versionchecker.jar                                                       
                                                                                
resource = README.html                                                          
resource = tools/basic.jar                                                      
resource = tools/ypp.jar                                                        
resource = tools/rainbow.jar                                                    
resource = tools/punch.jar                                                      
resource = background.png                                                       
                                                                                
jvmarg = -Xmx160M                                                               
class = de.opalpiraten.scenepainter.versionchecker.Checker                      
                                                                                
apparg=http://www.home.unix-ag.org/patrick/software/scenepainter/getdown/update.php                                                                            
                                                                                
ui.name = ScenePainter

(note: scenepainter itself is not written to work with getdown, so I implemented versionchecker.jar as a wrapper/starter, that actually checks, if a new version is available).

Change to your base directory, create and run the build.xml file:


<project name="getdown-pro" basedir="." default="use">                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
  <target name="use" description="Use the Task" >                               
    <taskdef name="digest" classname="com.threerings.getdown.tools.DigesterTask"
 classpath="getdown.jar:samskivert.jar"/>                                       
    <digest appdir="scenepainter-2.3" />                                        
  </target>                                                                     
                                                                                
</project>

Zip the basedir and upload it to your webserver
distribute getdown-pro.jar along with the getdown.txt

This is roughly, how it works, but not really how to use it. The real strength of getdown lies in automatic updates, which the above example does not show.

[Feb 22, 2008 6:20:54 AM]

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