Hi Mentors, I provide several packages in my private apt-get'able package repository. I (want to) support several dists (sarge, etch, sid, Ubuntu breezy, ...) and two architectures (i386, amd64).
To build the packages I use pbuilder on several machines. What I usually get
are several binary packages with identical version numbers for each
dists/arch combination. This makes it impossible to have them in a
repository with a pool layout (like debpool would create). I would like to
move from my handcrafted repository to a debpool-managed one.
Please comment on the following outline, and tell me whether this is a sane way
to reach this goal.
I think what I do is essentially backporting packages to a number of
dists. Therefore I'm writing a little script to facilitate the build process. I
want
to be able to build a package for all dists/arch combinations I have a
build environment for -- with a single command.
I'm posting this message to prevent myself from doing what others might
already have done.
As I use svn-buildpackage to manage my packages I start in my local
working copy of the package.
1. Export the package to a build area.
2. Extract version from debian/changelog (dpkg-parsechangelog)
3. If the target dist is not Debian unstable:
Decrease Debian package version by one and add some backport
suffix. Modify debian/changelog accordingly.
Example: '(1.0.14-3) unstable;' could become '(1.0.14-2sarge0) stable;'
for a Debian stable backport.
4. Build source package (dpkg-source -b ...) from the modified source
tree.
5. Build the binary package(s) using pbuilder on some machine. Use
'--debbuildopts "-B"' if the pool structure already contains binary
packages of the current dist.
6. Finally debsign and dput/dupload to the repository
My to-be-completed script would cover step 1 to 5.
My question is now: Is there already software in Debian that does this or
something
similar and does versioning the backported packages work this way?
Thanks in advance,
Michael
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