atl-cvmfs is a simple command to create, install and remove athena package tarballs off a CVMFS repository.
$ go get github.com/sbinet/atl-cvmfsThis command creates a tarball from a release installed on CVMFS
$ ll /cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch/repo/sw/software
[...]
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 cvmfs cvmfs 26 Apr 17 2012 17.2.1 -> i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/17.2.1/
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 cvmfs cvmfs 27 Mar 31 20:00 17.2.10 -> i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/17.2.10/
[...]
$ atl-cvmfs pkg-create -rel 17.2.10 -outdir=/some/where
$ ll /some/where
-rw-r--r--. 1 binet zp 2.3G Apr 4 18:39 athena-17.2.10-i686-slc5-gcc43-opt.tar.gzNote that by default, atl-cvmfs pkg-create will package up the
rather biggish DBRelease directory, to disable it:
$ atl-cvmfs pkg-create -rel 17.2.10 -outdir=/some/where -with-dbrelease=0