+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+pkg_dir=$1
+
+if [ -z $pkg_dir ] || [ ! -d $pkg_dir ]; then
+ echo "Usage: ipkg-make-index <package_directory>"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+which md5sum 2>&1 >/dev/null || alias md5sum=md5
+
+for pkg in `find $pkg_dir -name '*.ipk' | sort`; do
+ echo "Generating index for package $pkg" >&2
+ file_size=$(ls -l $pkg | awk '{print $5}')
+ md5sum=$(md5sum $pkg | awk '{print $1}')
+ # Take pains to make variable value sed-safe
+ sed_safe_pkg=`echo $pkg | sed -e 's/\\//\\\\\\//g'`
+ tar -xzOf $pkg ./control.tar.gz | tar xzOf - ./control | sed -e "s/^Description:/Filename: $sed_safe_pkg\\
+Size: $file_size\\
+MD5Sum: $md5sum\\
+Description:/"
+ echo ""
+done