Re: Debian/Ubuntu Packaging Nightmares

Jon wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me to write a debian/rules file that will:
> 
> 1. Patch some files, including some Makefile.am files?
> 
> 2. Run:
>      autoreconf --install --force
> 
> 3. Run a custom configure command:
>      ./configure --disable-static --prefix=/usr
> 
> 4. Build (and clean) the project.
> 
> 5. Most important: Generate the deb file.

I would do this manually or write a simple shell script. No need for
rules files. I maintain internally distributed code this way including
the a custom libqt4 for Ubuntu/Hardy (old stable)

In your case I would untar the source, use patch to apply any changes,
then compile. Copy the correct files to foo/ and foo-dev/. Make you
DEBIAN control files and build the package.

Some makefiles have an INSTALL_PREFIX or similar that make it easy to
get the right files into the tree to make the debian package.

Here is a snippet of my package bash script that builds the .deb.
PKG_DIR is a temp dir to build the package in. BASE_DIR is the directory
where I keep the source tarball and directory, the build script, and
anything else I need to build the package.

Read the debian policy guide to get the PKG_VERSION right. You will
likely want a version that is similar, but higher then the official
package.

http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version


ARCH is usually set with:
ARCH=$( dpkg --print-architecture )

read the debian policy manual for the various control fields, and the
files postinst, and conffiles. I use a bare minimum of control fields.
No control field can be left blank so delete the fields if you don't use
them.

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mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN"
cat > "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN/control" <<-CONTROL
        Package: ${PKG_NAME}
        Version: ${PKG_VERSION}
        Maintainer: [email protected]
        Architecture: ${ARCH}
        Recommends:
        Conflicts:
        Depends:
        Description: foo dummy package
CONTROL

install -o root -g root -m 755 "${BASE_DIR}/postinst"\
    "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN/postinst"

cat > "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN/conffiles" <<-CONF
      /etc/foo.conf
CONF

mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}/usr/bin"

install -m 755 -o root -g root "${BASE_DIR}/foo" "${PKG_DIR}/usr/bin"
install -m 644 -o root -g root "${BASE_DIR}/foo.conf" "${PKG_DIR}/etc"


dpkg-deb --build "$PKG_DIR" .
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