From: Daniel.Veillard@w3.org
Subject: rpm2html, a tool to generate Web pages from RPM packages
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 09:25:25 GMT

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   Hi,

 This is the first large scale announcement of rpm2html. This tools
allow to build cross-referenced Web pages from a set of RPM packages.
 It has been available for a while and is now at version 0.6. You can
either:
  - check the repository at 

         http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/

    which provides an index of Redhat distributions (4.2, 5.0 + updates),
    SuSE 5.1, linuxPPC and a few others.

  - or fetch the source (available under the GPL licence) at

         http://rufus.w3.org/linux/rpm2html/

    to generate your own set of pages, for example on a local mirror,
    to index your CD-ROMs, or the set of packages installed on your
    machine.

 Here is the README, 

  enjoy,

Daniel

- ------------------------------- README ------------------------------

                README for rpm2html
                    Version 0.60

Rpm2html tries to solve 2 big problems one face when
grabbing a RPM package from a mirror on the net and trying to
install it:

   - it gives more information than just the filename before
     installing the package.
   - it tries to solve the dependancy problem by analyzing all
     the Provides and Requires of the set of RPMs. It shows the
     cross references by the way of hypertext links.

The second point will only be efficient if the actual number of
RPM indexed is important.
I can see various usages for this software:

   - indexing mirrors sites (e.g. Sunsite, RedHat and their
     mirrors world wide).
   - indexing CD-ROM before shipping to provide an easier view
     of the packages available using a standard tool (an HTML
     browser).
   - exporting as a set of HTML pages the current setup of a 
     linux machine, this may prove useful for system administration.

 Check INSTALL for installation instruction.
 Read BUGS to learn about registered misbehaviours

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