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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# taskpackages directory
+#
+# This program spits out a list of all the packages listed in the tasks.
+#
+# If you go to auric, this command is then useful:
+#
+# for package in $(cat ~joeyh/tasklist); do
+#   madison -s testing -a "i386 all" $package >/dev/null || echo "No $package!"
+# done
+
+my $dir=shift or die "no directory specified\n";
+
+use File::Find;
+find(\&processfile, $dir);
+
+sub processfile {
+	my $file=$_; # File::Find craziness.
+	return unless $file =~ /^[-+_.a-z0-9]+$/ and -f $file;
+	open (IN, $file) or die "$file: $!";
+	my %fields;
+	my $field="";
+	while (<IN>) {
+		chomp;
+		next if /^\s*#/;
+		s/#.*//;
+
+		if (/^\s/) {
+			$fields{$field}.="\n$_";
+		}
+		else {
+			($field, my $value)=split(/:\s*/, $_, 2);
+			$field=lc($field);
+			$fields{$field}=$value;
+		}
+	}
+	close IN;
+
+	print join("\n", split(' ', $fields{packages}))."\n";
+}