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qole	2008-10-08 17:37

Uploading to Extras-Devel with no source?

Hey guys,

I want to upload my Easy Debian package to Extras Devel.

It is a bunch of shell scripts, config files, and a couple of binaries (kernel modules, etc) contributed by others (I don't have the source code for them).

I have built the package with Khertan's PyPackager, and the resulting .deb installs well. However, it seems that I can't just upload the .deb to Extras-Devel; I have to make a "source package" that Autobuilder will like. I don't have such a thing; does this mean I can't upload to Extras-Devel?

Is there some way I can disassemble my .deb package into a file structure and then re-assemble it in a way that can be uploaded to Extras-Devel?

Stskeeps

2008-10-08 17:40

Re: Uploading to Extras-Devel with no source?

I usually build my packages by in scratchbox or whereever, make a directory <name>-<version>with files in, make a Makefile that copies into ${DESTDIR}, dh_make in the directory, edit the needed files in debian/, and dpkg-buildpackage has one for building a source package.

See http://trac.tspre.org/projects/deble...-kdm-autologin for an example package i've built like that.

qole	2008-10-08 17:45

Re: Uploading to Extras-Devel with no source?

I don't use scratchbox, I do everything on-tablet. I don't compile. I have no source.

I have a pre-assembled .deb that I'd like to upload, and so this means I need to "explode" it back to a directory structure (including control info, postinst and postrm scripts) and assemble it into a "source" package using

Code:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -sa -S

How do I explode the package and tweak it so that the dpkg-buildpackage command produces an acceptable blob that can be uploaded?

Stskeeps

2008-10-08 18:00

Re: Uploading to Extras-Devel with no source?

If you don't mind doing it in Debian (chroot, apt-get install dpkg-dev) [because Maemo's dpkg-buildpackage on tablet isn't exactly noteworthy or properly operational last i checked].

Trust me, you're much better off making a debian source package from scratch with dh_make and write a small Makefile for installation into right paths, and then assembling it with dpkg-buildpackage (i know you don't have sources to compile, but installation into a directory is still a build process item).

I did this with 60+ packages from Deblet which was in same form as your constructed deb, and having to maintain it afterwards, release new versions, etc., is just so much easier, and it does a lot of work for you that you had to do by hand before :P

qole	2008-10-08 18:01

Re: Uploading to Extras-Devel with no source?

Using Stskeeps example, it looks like I need to make a directory that has all of the folders, and then another folder named "debian" with the control files...

So I did this:

Code:

mkdir mypackage

cd mypackage

dpkg-deb -X /other/place/mypackage.deb .

dpkg-deb -e /other/place/mypackage.deb debian

So now I have a directory, mypackage, with my root directory tree, and a debian directory with all my control files.

Now what do I do about the "Makefile" that I see in the Stskeeps example? Do I need it? What should it contain?

EDIT: "If you don't mind doing it in Debian.." Hee hee, of course I don't! :D

Code:

/mypackage/

   debian/

      control

      postinst

      postrm

      preinst

      prerm

   etc/

   home/

   lib/

   sbin/

   usr/

Stskeeps

2008-10-08 18:14

Re: Uploading to Extras-Devel with no source?

Quote:

Originally Posted by qole (Post 231740)

Code:

mkdir mypackage

cd mypackage

dpkg-deb -X /other/place/mypackage.deb .

dpkg-deb -e /other/place/mypackage.deb debian

First mistake is, - a source package is actually not a package, it's a tar.gz :)

If you want to hop on IRC, i'll guide you through getting a proper debian package going from bottom up, if you want to.

qole	2008-10-08 18:19

Re: Uploading to Extras-Devel with no source?

those dpkg-deb commands explode my assembled deb into the directory structure I list in my post. Now that I have everything all unpacked, I want to know:

Do I need a Makefile? If so, what should it contain?
Should "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -sa -S" in this directory build the proper tar.gz?

I would prefer to hack this out in the forums, so other people can use these posts to do this themselves...

mikemorrison

2008-10-08 18:46

Re: Uploading to Extras-Devel with no source?

You can upload it. See the section on non-free (binary only) packages here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Uploading_to_Extras

Quote:

Originally Posted by qole (Post 231728)

Hey guys,

I have built the package with Khertan's PyPackager, and the resulting .deb installs well. However, it seems that I can't just upload the .deb to Extras-Devel; I have to make a "source package" that Autobuilder will like. I don't have such a thing; does this mean I can't upload to Extras-Devel?

yerga

2008-10-08 19:08

Re: Uploading to Extras-Devel with no source?

Quote:

Originally Posted by qole (Post 231728)

Qole, you can to use py2deb from Khertan too. Twaelti has written a good tutorial in the wiki: http://wiki.maemo.org/Py2deb

qole	2008-10-08 19:23

Re: Uploading to Extras-Devel with no source?

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikemorrison (Post 231771)

You can upload it. See the section on non-free (binary only) packages here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Uploading_to_Extras

That might do for the time being, even though my stuff actually is GPL.

Does the non-free stuff show up in the "normal" Application Manager or does the user have to change their repositories?

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