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At least debian/install is missing in debianization of a package
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#install

Thanks, Daniil

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Jonathan Wilson <jfwfreo@tpgi.com.au> wrote:
> I have uploaded my code and files to
> http://www.cncmods.net/files/operator-name-cbs-widget-0.1.zip
>
> I am looking for general feedback on this code and packaging but
> specifically I am having problems getting it to create, include in the .deb
> file and run the cbspatch binary
>
> I suspect also I need more in the postinst file in terms of verifying the
> correct binary and things, any help would be appreciated.
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At Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:07:13 +0800,
Jonathan Wilson wrote:
>
> I have uploaded my code and files to
> http://www.cncmods.net/files/operator-name-cbs-widget-0.1.zip
>
> I am looking for general feedback on this code and packaging but
> specifically I am having problems getting it to create, include in the .deb
> file and run the cbspatch binary

I find cdbs to be very easy to use. This will likely be enough for
your debian/rules file (it works for my autoconf-based project):

#!/usr/bin/make -f

include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/autotools.mk

Check out

http://hssl.cs.jhu.edu/~neal/woodchuck/src/branches/master/#files:debian

> I suspect also I need more in the postinst file in terms of verifying the
> correct binary and things, any help would be appreciated.

I'd check the md5sum of the binary, particularly as cbspatch doesn't
check for any signatures.

Also, cbspatch does not return 0, so your postinst script might fail
spuriously.

Neal

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Daniil Ivanov wrote:
> At least debian/install is missing in debianization of a package
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#install
Thanks, that's a start. Still cant get it to even produce a cbspatch binary
though.

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I second proposition to use CBDS instead of debhelper directly.

Thanks, Daniil

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Jonathan Wilson <jfwfreo@tpgi.com.au> wrote:
> Daniil Ivanov wrote:
>> At least debian/install is missing in debianization of a package
>> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#install
> Thanks, that's a start. Still cant get it to even produce a cbspatch binary
> though.
>
>
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At Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:07:13 +0800,
Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> I suspect also I need more in the postinst file in terms of verifying the
> correct binary and things, any help would be appreciated.

You should never modify a binary in place. Instead, copy the binary,
modify it and then atomically replace it using mv. If a binary is in
use by a program and not all of it is loaded in memory and you modify
it, it may end up using neither the original nor the new version but
some inconsistent one...

Neal
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