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Well, here's the latest... apt and dpkg can be made to work on solaris, and
the apt-get source operation completes successfully (need to still hand-hack
a few things in dpkg, but I've submitted bugs/patches to Wichert). When the
changes make it into apt and dpkg so they compile cleanly, I'll try getting
and building packages (probably monday). Tonight I'll have a beer in honor
of Something GNU/SunOS :)
Nils.
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-- HOWTO use apt-get source on non-linux architectures
-- comments: lohner@debian.org
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HISTORY:
1999-12-10 Created
The purpose of this document is to show how to set up a system that allows
the user to 'apt-get source' a package, compile it, and install it on any
operating system and any architecture.
Mailing Lists are:
deity@lists.debian.org (for anything apt related)
debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org (for anything dpkg related)
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### STEP 1: get and compile apt
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-- get apt from CVS
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@localhost:/cvs/deity login
(blank password)
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@localhost:/cvs/deity co /cvs/deity
-- configure the build tree
make startup
-- build
make
-- if there are any configure or build problems
mail -complete- details to: deity@lists.debian.org
-- Create an apt configuration file
vi ~/.apt.conf
// Content:
// (modify as needed...)
// check doc/examples/configure-index for other settings
acquire::http::proxy "http://wwwproxy.teradyne.com:80/";;
dir
{
State "/u/lohner/apt/aptdata"
{
Status "status";
}
Cache "/u/lohner/apt/aptdata";
Etc "/u/lohner/apt/aptdata";
Bin
{
methods "/u/lohner/misc/debian/apt/build/bin/methods";
}
}
-- Create a sources.list file
vi ~/apt/aptdata/sources.list
# Content:
# just one of the main mirrors... pick one more local to you.
deb-src http://samosa.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free
-- Create the directory hierarchy that you need for APT to work
mkdir ~/apt
mkdir ~/apt/aptdata
mkdir ~/apt/aptdata/lists
mkdir ~/apt/aptdata/lists/partial
mkdir ~/apt/aptdata/archives
mkdir ~/apt/aptdata/archives/partial
-- touch the status file
touch /u/lohner/apt/aptdata/status
-- and get the packages files
apt-get update
-- you're ready to use it.
apt-get source dpkg
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### STEP 2: get and compile dpkg
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-- get dpkg from CVS
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@localhost:/cvs/dpkg login
(blank password)
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@localhost:/cvs/dpkg co dpkg
-- configure the build tree
./autogen.sh
-- build
make -f debian/rules build
--install
make DESTDIR=<your_favorite_root_path> install
CAUTION: This will create an ENTIRE TREE with dpkg installed in it for you!
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### STEP 3: get and compile packages
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dpkg-source -x and dpkg-buildpackage -B
<Espy> at the lowest level you make a tree of files in somedir the same as
they are to be in the package, put maintainer scripts and other control
stuff in somedir/DEBIAN, use dpkg-gencontrol to make
somedir/DEBIAN/control
and dpkg-deb --build to make the deb
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