"KH" == Kai Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
KH> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randall Shutt) wrote on 15.02.96 in <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>:
>> > dselect). Maybe there is same way of preparing .deb package from normal
>> > one in usual .tgz format??
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance!
>> >
>>
>> Makeing .deb's is VERY simple. Too bad dpkg-deb doesnt have a
>> manual page. Basically, to get an idea of what you have to do, use
KH> Well, the following shell script will do it. Input a Slackware package,
KH> output a Debian package.
KH> Maybe something like this should go into the dpkg package?
KH> For package names, maybe you should call them localxyz to avoid clashing
KH> with a future Debian package.
KH> #!/bin/sh
KH> # This is a shell archive (produced by GNU sharutils 4.1).
KH> # To extract the files from this archive, save it to some FILE, remove
KH> # everything before the `!/bin/sh' line above, then type `sh FILE'.
[remainder of shell script elided -- please see original]
I did that and it gave me this:
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#!/bin/bash
# Minimal conversion of a Slackware package to a Debian package
# Copyright (C) 1996 Kai Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
usage(){
echo
echo Usage:
echo $0 arch.tar.gz debname debversion myemail '"debdescription"'
echo
echo Minimal conversion of a Slackware package to a Debian package
echo " arch.tar.gz - the Slackware package to convert"
echo " debname - the name of the package to create"
echo " debversion - the version number"
echo " myemail - your email address"
echo " \"debdescription\" - a description string"
echo
echo For best effect, run as root
echo Will not preserve groups and/or users that don\'t exist
echo on your system
echo
exit 255
}
[ $# != 5 ] && usage ;
work=/tmp/slack2deb.$$
mkdir $work
tar -x -C $work -z -f $1
mkdir $work/DEBIAN
cat >$work/DEBIAN/control <<EOF
Package: $2
Version: $3
Maintainer: $4
Description: $5
EOF
dpkg-deb -b $work
dpkg-name $work.deb
rm -rf $work
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AFAICT, this script will accept any `.tar.gz' file whatsoever,
unpack it under $work, create the file $work/DEBIAN/control, and then
merely feed the entire $work directory tree to `dpkg-deb', resulting
in a `.deb' file structure that can be read by `dpkg'.
Is that correct?
Bill
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