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xPack xpm v0.9.1 released

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Liviu Ionescu (ilg)
Liviu Ionescu (ilg)

Version 0.9.1 is a new release of xpm; it adds support for configurations and configuration specific dependencies.

xpm is a Node.js CLI application to manage xPacks dependencies.

Install​

xpm is a Node.js module that can be installed with npm.

For the prerequisites, since it is recommended to use a version manager or to customize the npm install location, please read the Install page for more details.

To install the latest stable version available, use:

npm uninstall --global xpm
npm install --global xpm@latest

To install this specific version, use:

xpm install --global xpm@0.9.1
note

In the current configuration, npm complains about several deprecated packages; until these third party packages will be updated, in v0.10.2 an workaround was added, by bundling the dependencies.

Changes​

The 0.9.1 release is generally compatible with previous releases.

The main change over the previous release is support for multiple configurations, usually build configurations, which are intended to support development for applications using multiple build folders (like debug/release, but also multi-platform builds).

Bug fixes​

  • [#98] when installing tools in the build configuration, the execution path was hardcoded to the build/<configuration-name> folder; fixed, now the execution path reflects the user setting;

Enhancements​

  • [#97] the preferred property used to define configurations is now buildConfigurations, instead of configurations;

Other changes​

  • none

Known problems​

  • the warnings triggered by third party dependencies during install; fixed in v0.10.2
  • [#57] when multiple versions of the same package are referenced via different dependencies paths, the program fails; version mitigation will be implemented in a future release.

Documentation​

The program interprets --help and displays a top help page:

$ xpm --help

The xPack package manager command line tool
Usage: xpm <command> [<subcommand>...] [<options> ...] [<args>...]

where <command> is one of:
  init, install, link, list, run, uninstall

Common options:
  --loglevel <level>     Set log level (silent|warn|info|verbose|debug|trace)
  -s|--silent            Disable all messages (--loglevel silent)
  -q|--quiet             Mostly quiet, warnings and errors (--loglevel warn)
  --informative          Informative (--loglevel info)
  -v|--verbose           Verbose (--loglevel verbose)
  -d|--debug             Debug messages (--loglevel debug)
  -dd|--trace            Trace messages (--loglevel trace, -d -d)
  --no-update-notifier   Skip check for a more recent version
  -C <folder>            Set current folder

xpm -h|--help            Quick help
xpm <command> -h|--help  Quick help on command
xpm --version            Show version
xpm -i|--interactive     Enter interactive mode

npm xpm@0.9.1 '/Users/ilg/.nvm/versions/node/v14.16.0/lib/node_modules/xpm'
Home page: <https://xpack.github.io/xpm/>
Bug reports: <https://github.com/xpack/xpm-js/issues/>

Similar pages are available for each command.

For more details, the project documentation is available online from the web site.

Supported platforms​

npm is a portable application that can run on Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux (Intel and Arm).

CI tests​

Continuous integration tests are done via GitHub Actions.

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caution

The xpm tool is currently work in progress and should be used with caution.