Post #541613
2026-03-05 10:21 UTC
Does anyone have an actual use-case for the "pmbootstrap apkindex_parse" subcommand? Asking because apparently it was broken for over a year and no one seemed to complain 😅
#pmbootstrap #postmarketOS
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@ollieparanoid@fosstodon.org 2026-03-05 19:46
@newbyte@mastodon.nu my personal use cases: 1) when modifying the parser code, run it before and after with the current apkindexes to show that either the result is the same or only has the wanted changes. 2) when I need to understand how pmbootstrap parses an APKINDEX to debug problems where it is relevant But apparently I haven't used it in a year either 😅 Maybe it is worth keeping as hidden action that doesn't pollute the --help output, but can be found in the docs? Or maybe we should just remove it.