Bug 113729 – Packages missing metadata.xml

• Status: RESOLVED LATER
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Arvid Norlander 2005-11-27 11:00:10 UTC]

I have created a list of all packages missing metadata.xml.    
There are 748 packages: I can't create individual bugs. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Run this in a bash shell:  
cd /usr/portage  
BADPKGS=""; for Dir in */*/; do cd $Dir; [ -e metadata.xml ] ||  
BADPKGS="$BADPKGS $Dir"; cd ../..; done   
for bad in $BADPKGS; do echo $bad; done | sed -e 's/\/$//' > 
~/ebuilds_without_metadata.txt  
  
Actual Results:  
A long list of packages missing metadata.xml 

Expected Results:  
Every package should hava a metadata.xml according to 
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=4#doc_chap1

[Comment 1 Arvid Norlander 2005-11-27 11:01:00 UTC]

Created attachment 73681 [details]
List of ebuilds missing metadata.xml

Here is the list.

[Comment 2 Ciaran McCreesh 2005-11-27 11:40:22 UTC]

Some of those directories aren't packages...

[Comment 3 Arvid Norlander 2005-11-27 11:44:23 UTC]

Sorry, forgot about 'profiles'. I will update it. 

[Comment 4 Arvid Norlander 2005-11-27 11:47:17 UTC]

Replace first line of "Steps to Reproduce" with:  
BADPKGS=""; for Dir in *-*/*/; do cd $Dir; [ -e metadata.xml ] ||   
BADPKGS="$BADPKGS $Dir"; cd ../..; done 
 
Number of packages missing metadata.xml: 726 

[Comment 5 Arvid Norlander 2005-11-27 11:48:47 UTC]

Created attachment 73685 [details]
Updated list

Updated list.

[Comment 6 SpanKY 2005-11-27 22:41:02 UTC]

i dont really see how this helps anything

[Comment 7 Arvid Norlander 2005-11-28 04:46:42 UTC]

In comment #6:
>i dont really see how this helps anything
I'm not sure I understand what you mean.

According to this URL every package should have a metadata.xml:
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=4#doc_chap1

Why are more than 700 missing metadata.xml?

And running repoman in the /usr/portage gives a long list of problems.
Don't Gentoo developers follow their own guide lines?

[Comment 8 SpanKY 2005-11-28 06:10:50 UTC]

but filing a bug with a very big list of packages doesnt accomplish
much

[Comment 9 Arvid Norlander 2005-11-28 06:32:25 UTC]

(In reply to comment #8)
> but filing a bug with a very big list of packages doesnt accomplish
> much
Yes, I can see the problem.
But do you want to add over 700 bugreports?
I don't have time to add all those. I got my exams to work on.
A script would not work: you got to check for each bug if there are previous
bugreport.

[Comment 10 SpanKY 2005-11-28 06:48:23 UTC]

adding sep reports wouldnt help much either ... who would you assign
the bug to for example ? :)

maybe an e-mail to gentoo-dev ...

[Comment 11 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) 2005-11-28 11:26:08 UTC]

FYI: the requirement for metadata.xml didn't exist since the beginning of
Gentoo, similar for much of the other things repoman complains about.