Hi I've got a working version at http://sid.ethz.ch/debian/fontmake/However it also needs python packages like otf2ft, glyphsLib, booleanOperations to work.
Tested with leage of spartan font: (fontmake -g the.glyph) http://sid.ethz.ch/debian/fonts-leaguespartan/fonts-leaguespartan-0.1/_source/ -- Alex Myczko <myczko@phys.ethz.ch> support: +41 44 633 2668 IT Support Group, HPT H 7 voice: +41 44 633 6604 Departement Physik, ETH Zurich CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland