Re: Ogon packaging for Debian (was: Re: Bug#906072: Ogon packages available (Linux RDP Server))

[marcel@linux-ng.de]

Hi Mike,


June 21, 2020 11:19 PM, "Mike Gabriel" <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:


>> June 20, 2020 6:54 PM, "Mike Gabriel"
>> <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
>> 
...
> I just looked into src:pkg ogon. The package builds and creates DEBs all fine.
> 
> I have changed the version from 1.0.1~git... to 1.0.0+git.... (the
> upstream release number is not our realm, it's upstream's). I haven't
> committed + pushed this, yet:
> 
> ```
...

Ok, just let me know wether you'd like to commit the changes, or if I should do that.
As there are more issues to be resolved (and I now know the difference between "~" and "+", I'd suggest to take that part.

> But now we get to fine-tuning. When I run a critical lintian check on
> it, I get the listed issues (see below).
> 
> Main issue: we must not install to /opt.

I feared so. I once had lots of "dirty hacks" to install to /usr (by renaming files, libraries and so on).

Basically what I did was:
- Prefixing binaries with "ogon-"
- Adding some extra "*ogon*" to "lib*.so*" (if possible)
- Moving (include/library) paths to something containing "*ogon*"

Is that an acceptable way?

> I can go over them and get them +/- all solved, if you like. But for
> your learning process, it might make sense if I leave fixing those
> packaging issues (partially formalisms, partially technical) to you.
> 
> I have already added some comments (starting with :::). Let me know
> which way to go.

Ok - learning sounds fine to me (even if it takes a little time) -> that's the way to go ;-)

Bye,
   Marcel