manifake1

Usage

Overview

Manifake is a real simpleminded program that takes a MANIFEST file, such as one produced by a shar program, and creates a MANIFEST.new file ready to be used by all the dist programs. What it does is that all archive numbers are removed and the optional leading comments up to a dashed-line are thrown away.

Manifake will typically be used when converting an existing package to use metaconfig or any other dist utility.

Files

MANIFEST

Original manifest produced by some shar program

MANIFEST.new

Faked manifest file, suitable for use by any dist programs.