Bug#187460: Need some help to package apache-lingerd
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Alexis Sukrieh wrote:
| Hello there.
|
| I'm pretty interested in trying to package apache-lingerd, which has
| been requested for more than 500 days now :
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=187460
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| Could someone point me to some piece of docs on how the Debian Apache
| Maintainers team bild their package ?
eheh the truth is that our documentation is our debian/rules file.
|
| The fact is that lignerd needs the following steps to be packaged :
|
| First step : building lingerd :
|
| - tuning of config.h file
| - user creation : 'lingerd'
| - directory creation for hosting pidfile and unix domain socket
| (/var/run/lingerd).
| - compilation of lingerd binary and installation of it.
This can be done easily afaict.
|
| Second step : patching Apache.
|
| - add some files to the apache src source tree
| - patch some apache native files
| - compile apache
Amen.. this is a pain. I really suggest you to look at how we build
apache. Take as example the fact that from the same source we create
binaries for apache, apache-perl and apache-ssl, but if you really
really need to create a patched apache i sugget to prepare everything
carefully and coordinate with us. It is easier to build a new apache
flavour from the same sources than having to upload a new one.
The security team would have serious problems to handle (again) more
than one apache source.
|
| Third step :
|
| - update the init.d startup script for apache : lingerd must be launched
| before apache to work properly.
if you start from the apache package check debian/pkgtemplates and the
script that creates the final scripts.
|
| I'm sure that the team has a lot of guidelines to build such a package
| but I cannont find any docs about this.
as above.. read the source luke ;)
|
| Help will be welcome :)
|
|
Fabio
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