Thank y'all for this. I assume it will come out in testing before too long.
Here's what I run when I do this:
#Launch direwolf with my stripped down configuration to avoid attempts at digipeating
direwolf -p -c direwolf-pat.conf
#Attach an AX25 port to the kiss port that Direwolf exposes. Existing required configuration in /etc/ax25/axports
sudo /usr/sbin/kissattach `ls -l /tmp/kisstnc | awk '{ print $11 }'` direwolf 192.168.90.1
#Set some params on the `direwolf` AX25 port to keep Direwolf happy
sudo kissparms -c 1 -p direwolf
And then I can connect via AX25 in Pat.
Y'all's work on this repackaging will at least keep me and others from having to manage a separate source of packages just for the AX25 support.
Thanks again!