Re: 1.2 source archive and packaging issues

["Peter Tobias" <tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de>]

Bruce Perens wrote:
> Subsequent to that, if you upload a package please make sure it generates
> the files with underscores.
> 
> With ports on the horizon, we should be making sure that an automatic build
> of Debian in its entirety is more than a _theoretical_ possibility. This means
> that every package must have a .tar.gz file, and an .diff file if the package
> is derived from upstream source. It should be possible to build the package
> automaticaly by something like:
> 
> 	tar xvlzf package_version.tar.gz
> 	cd package*
> 	./debian.rules binary
> 	cd ..
> 	dchanges <flags> package_version.${ARCHITECTURE}.deb
> 
> Currently, the above procedure might not work for packages like netbase and
> netstd, which are extracted into the archive as directories full of
> sub-package tar files. Probably those packages should go into the archive as
> tar files like other packages.

Ian M. and I discussed that about 1-2 years ago. He said that it
shouldn't be necessary to download the netstd package (>1.5MB) if
the user just wants the sources for fping. I think is a good idea to
have at least the sources for netstd extracted in a separate
directory.

You could change the script to something like that:

     if [ ! -d package*]; then
       tar xvlzf package_version.tar.gz
     fi
     cd package*
     ./debian.rules binary
     cd ..
     dchanges <flags> package_version.${ARCHITECTURE}.deb


That would work with netstd and it would also work if the
other packages are already extracted.


Thanks,

Peter

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