Bug#529619: BLCR Debian Packages
2009/7/23 Guy Coates <gmpc@sanger.ac.uk>:
> I'm not a DD, but I do have some experience with packaging (including the joy of
> module-assistant), so I'd be happy to review the packages.
>
Wow, quite a lot of interest in a short space of time!
First rough cut packages are online @ http://users.aber.ac.uk/ajw/debian/
They're definitely not ready for uploading, I've only built them on
Lenny so far (that's my main priority right now for $day_job usage).
Modules seem to build ok with m-a a-i blcr, although I can't actually
insmod them yet since I've been building them for a kernel I've not
yet booted! (Long running job on my desktop).
Known issues:
- Various mentions of AUFS in package descriptions/documentation, I
used AUFS packages as a starting point.
> (hey, if it passes lintian, it must be fine, right :)
- A few lintian warnings, mostly about the copyright file (which
doesn't reference the locally installed one yet, and has the old FSF
address etc.)
- The blcr.tar.bz2 shipped in the blcr-source package is 'heavy' to
say the least.
- module assistant mostly prints incomplete junk in the progress
dialog whilst it's building (I've no idea how to fix that properly)
- probably not integrated right with the rest of module-assistant
anyway, I have exactly 0 experience with module-assistant packaging
until now.
- Dependencies might be wrong until I try doing things in a chroot to check
- No postinst script yet for the modules package.
Anyone care to use/break/test/review/critique/patch these?
Thanks,
Alan
P.S. Rather nice packaging something that has manpages already
written, and a version for the shared objects that isn't just 0.0.0!
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