try macos build to see if it works

apt.go

@@ -40,40 +40,3 @@ func (me *Machine) addNew(name string, version string) bool {
 	new1.Version = version
 	return me.Packages.Append(new1)
 }
-
-/*
-func (me *Machine) UpdatePackages() string {
-	// Get the list of installed packages for the detected distro
-	newP, err := getPackageList(me.Distro)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error:", err)
-		return fmt.Sprintln("getPackageList()", err)
-	}
-
-	var newCounter, changeCounter int
-	// Print the installed packages and their versions
-	for pkg, version := range newP {
-		found := me.Packages.FindByName(pkg)
-		if found == nil {
-			log.Info("adding new", pkg, version)
-			me.addNew(pkg, version)
-			newCounter += 1
-		} else {
-			found.Version = version
-			panic("redo this. broken after autogenpb. was never right anyway")
-			//if me.Packages.Update(found) {
-			//	changeCounter += 1
-			//}
-		}
-	}
-
-	footer := fmt.Sprintf("%s has distro %s with %d packages installed", me.Hostname, me.Distro, me.Packages.Len())
-	if changeCounter != 0 {
-		footer += fmt.Sprintf(" (%d changed)", changeCounter)
-	}
-	if newCounter != 0 {
-		footer += fmt.Sprintf(" (%d new)", newCounter)
-	}
-	return footer
-}
-*/

apt_linux.go

@@ -11,62 +11,6 @@ import (
 
 // getPackageList returns the list of installed packages based on the distro
 func getPackageList(distro string) (map[string]string, error) {
-	var cmd *exec.Cmd
+	log.Info("zoopb: have not done macos yet, skipping okay")
-
-	// Run the appropriate command based on the detected distribution
-	switch distro {
-	case "ubuntu", "debian":
-		return dpkgQuery()
-	case "fedora", "centos", "rhel":
-		cmd = exec.Command("rpm", "-qa")
-	case "arch", "manjaro":
-		cmd = exec.Command("pacman", "-Q")
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported distribution: %s", distro)
-	}
-
-	// Capture the command's output
-	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error running command: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// todo: Split the output into lines and return
-	lines := strings.Split(string(output), "\n")
-	log.Info("output had", len(lines), "lines")
 	return nil, nil
 }
-
-func dpkgQuery() (map[string]string, error) {
-	// Run the dpkg-query command to list installed packages and versions
-	cmd := exec.Command("dpkg-query", "-W", "-f=${Package} ${Version}\n")
-	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// Start the command execution
-	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer cmd.Wait()
-
-	// Create a map to store package names and versions
-	installedPackages := make(map[string]string)
-
-	// Use a scanner to read the output of the command line by line
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		line := scanner.Text()
-		// Split each line into package name and version
-		parts := strings.SplitN(line, " ", 2)
-		if len(parts) == 2 {
-			packageName := parts[0]
-			version := parts[1]
-			installedPackages[packageName] = version
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Return the map with package names and versions
-	return installedPackages, scanner.Err()
-}

apt_macos.go

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package zoopb
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// getPackageList returns the list of installed packages based on the distro
+func getPackageList(distro string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	var cmd *exec.Cmd
+
+	// Run the appropriate command based on the detected distribution
+	switch distro {
+	case "ubuntu", "debian":
+		return dpkgQuery()
+	case "fedora", "centos", "rhel":
+		cmd = exec.Command("rpm", "-qa")
+	case "arch", "manjaro":
+		cmd = exec.Command("pacman", "-Q")
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported distribution: %s", distro)
+	}
+
+	// Capture the command's output
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error running command: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// todo: Split the output into lines and return
+	lines := strings.Split(string(output), "\n")
+	log.Info("output had", len(lines), "lines")
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func dpkgQuery() (map[string]string, error) {
+	// Run the dpkg-query command to list installed packages and versions
+	cmd := exec.Command("dpkg-query", "-W", "-f=${Package} ${Version}\n")
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Start the command execution
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer cmd.Wait()
+
+	// Create a map to store package names and versions
+	installedPackages := make(map[string]string)
+
+	// Use a scanner to read the output of the command line by line
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		// Split each line into package name and version
+		parts := strings.SplitN(line, " ", 2)
+		if len(parts) == 2 {
+			packageName := parts[0]
+			version := parts[1]
+			installedPackages[packageName] = version
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Return the map with package names and versions
+	return installedPackages, scanner.Err()
+}