[feature] self upgrading release binary

[kskarthik]

The idea is to have similar feature to deno upgrade & bun upgrade in which the user can upgrade the existing binary using a cli flag.

This will be a useful feature for many users whose distributions which always do not ship with latest versions of the cli

I wish to work on this patch if we can agree on implementing such feature.

[speatzle]

I do not know of any distributions that ships go-passbolt-cli in their repositories, which is why i always planned to provide my own deb and rpm repositories for easy updates but got stalled due to my limited time and low demand.

Would having generic deb and rpm repositories solve your Issue? I think building an Updater from Scratch would be quite complex since it would also need to handle things like man pages and shell completions. The security implications would also have to be considered.

[kskarthik]

i have initially found this lib which can do the heavy lifing (also includes security aspects like checksum verification) https://github.com/creativeprojects/go-selfupdate

Would having generic deb and rpm repositories solve your Issue?

yes, it would. But it also implies user should add custom repos to their system

[speatzle]

I don't see how that library can update additional files like man pages or shell completions (maybe i missed it?). Also if anything goes wrong and can't start it anymore there is no possibility to downgrade again. I generally dislike the Windows Style Self updating.

I don't see adding custom repositories as such a big deal (you also have to do that if you are installing the passbolt server). go-passbolt-cli Simply is not big enough to be included in distros.

I tried to avoid having to add custom repos by looking into packaging the CLI as a Flatpak instead but their CLI Support has "Issues" we would have to work around flatpak/flatpak#1188 .

[kskarthik]

I don't see how that library can update additional files like man pages or shell completions (maybe i missed it?). Also if anything goes wrong and can't start it anymore there is no possibility to downgrade again. I generally dislike the Windows Style Self updating.

Yes, The lib i shared does not handle man pages & shell completions.

I tried to avoid having to add custom repos by looking into packaging the CLI as a Flatpak instead but their CLI Support has "Issues" we would have to work around flatpak/flatpak#1188 .

yes, flatpaks are not ideal for CLIs. We have to add an alias & no support for man pages AFAIK

[speatzle]

In the meantime, go-passbolt-cli has been added as a nixpkg https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=24.05&show=go-passbolt-cli&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=go-passbolt-cli

[kskarthik]

I have also packaged for opensuse tumbleweed https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1181068

It takes a few days to land in the main repositories!

[speatzle]

I have also packaged for opensuse tumbleweed https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1181068

Cool, i will add that to the Readme once it has been released

[kskarthik]

Sure, i will let you know

[kskarthik]

@speatzle Now accepted to opensuse tumbleweed! https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/go-passbolt-cli

url: https://software.opensuse.org/package/go-passbolt-cli

[kskarthik]

It might also reflect here https://repology.org/project/go:passbolt-cli/versions shortly

[speatzle]

Cool, i will give it a spin this weekend.

[kskarthik]

btw is this project still community driven or made official ? since i set the disclaimer in pkg info as well

❯ zypper info go-passbolt-cli
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...


Information for package go-passbolt-cli:
----------------------------------------
Repository     : Main Repository (OSS)
Name           : go-passbolt-cli
Version        : 0.3.1-1.1
Arch           : x86_64
Vendor         : openSUSE
Installed Size : 18.5 MiB
Installed      : No
Status         : not installed
Source package : go-passbolt-cli-0.3.1-1.1.src
Upstream URL   : https://github.com/passbolt/go-passbolt-cli
Summary        : A CLI tool to interact with Passbolt
Description    :
    This package provides a CLI tool to interact with Passbolt, An Open
    Source Password Manager for Teams

    Passbolt Website: https://www.passbolt.com/

    This project is community driven and not associated with Passbolt
    SA

[speatzle]

Yes, this Project is still Community Driven.

[speatzle]

Hey @kskarthik
Sorry for the delay. I finally managed to setup a tumbleweed VM (the first few attempts ended in emergency mode due to broken virtio drivers...) and Test the Package.

It Seems to work well but both shell completions and man pages seem to be missing making it hard to use, could you add those to the package?

You can see how to generate them here: https://github.com/passbolt/go-passbolt-cli/blob/main/.github/workflows/.release.yml

[kskarthik]

Sure, I will