Re: Creating a source tarball for repackaged source using dpkg-source -b
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 12:22:12PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 23:50 +, James Westby wrote: snip 4. Run tar czf package_upstream-version.dfsg.orig.tar.gz \ package-upstream-version.orig/ (adjusting paths appropriately) I have never checked that tar czf actually produces gzip -9 files, so you might need to form a pipeline if not. snip It doesn't. The pipeline would be: tar cf - $source_dir | gzip -c9 $tarball Or set GZIP=-9 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating a source tarball for repackaged source using dpkg-source -b
Ben Hutchings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is what you should do *if* you need to repackage upstream source. That is only necessary if it: - contains non-DFSG-compliant material, and you want to upload to main - is not a gzipped tarball - is divided into multiple tarballs It is not necesssary to repackage merely to change the directory name (dpkg-source -x deals with that automatically) or to improve compression. Mmm. Mentors should (and do!) reject packages that have been unnecessarily repackaged by checking their MD5 or SHA1 sums against the upstream version. -- Chris Lamb, Leamington Spa, UKGPG: 0x634F9A20 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Creating a source tarball for repackaged source using dpkg-source -b
On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 23:54 +0100, Benjamin Mesing wrote: Hello, the developer reference describes how to do the repackaging of upstream source. Among others the following two points are mentioned for the repackaged .orig.tar.gz: * should use packagename-upstream-version.orig as the name of the top-level directory in its tarball. This makes it possible to distinguish pristine tarballs from repackaged ones. * should be gzipped with maximal compression. This is what you should do *if* you need to repackage upstream source. That is only necessary if it: - contains non-DFSG-compliant material, and you want to upload to main - is not a gzipped tarball - is divided into multiple tarballs It is not necesssary to repackage merely to change the directory name (dpkg-source -x deals with that automatically) or to improve compression. And it is said, that those points can be met, by using dpkg-source -b to construct the repackaged tarball from an unpacked directory. (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-origtargz) How do I invoke dpkg-source to create the .orig.tar.gz file? I think if you have the original source unpacked in the directory $name-$version.orig and the Debian-modified source in the directory $name-$version then dpkg-source -b $name-$version will use $name-$version.orig to build the orig.tar.gz. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Creating a source tarball for repackaged source using dpkg-source -b
On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 23:50 +, James Westby wrote: snip 4. Run tar czf package_upstream-version.dfsg.orig.tar.gz \ package-upstream-version.orig/ (adjusting paths appropriately) I have never checked that tar czf actually produces gzip -9 files, so you might need to form a pipeline if not. snip It doesn't. The pipeline would be: tar cf - $source_dir | gzip -c9 $tarball Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Creating a source tarball for repackaged source using dpkg-source -b
Hello, the developer reference describes how to do the repackaging of upstream source. Among others the following two points are mentioned for the repackaged .orig.tar.gz: * should use packagename-upstream-version.orig as the name of the top-level directory in its tarball. This makes it possible to distinguish pristine tarballs from repackaged ones. * should be gzipped with maximal compression. And it is said, that those points can be met, by using dpkg-source -b to construct the repackaged tarball from an unpacked directory. (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-origtargz) How do I invoke dpkg-source to create the .orig.tar.gz file? I have tried specifying the location of the changelog and the control file (using -l and -c) dpkg-source -b -lchangelog -ccontrol unmodified-source-dir but this created a file: umlet_7.1-1.tar.gz with an unchanged top level directory. I've also tried: dpkg-source -sU -b -lchangelog -ccontrol unmodified-source-dir unmodified-source-dir which created (among others) a umlet_7.1.orig.tar.gz but still the top level directory remained unchanged. Help would be appreciated! Regards Ben -- Please do not send any email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- all email not originating from the mailing list will be deleted. Use the reply to address instead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating a source tarball for repackaged source using dpkg-source -b
On (09/03/07 23:54), Benjamin Mesing wrote: Hello, the developer reference describes how to do the repackaging of upstream source. Among others the following two points are mentioned for the repackaged .orig.tar.gz: * should use packagename-upstream-version.orig as the name of the top-level directory in its tarball. This makes it possible to distinguish pristine tarballs from repackaged ones. * should be gzipped with maximal compression. And it is said, that those points can be met, by using dpkg-source -b to construct the repackaged tarball from an unpacked directory. (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-origtargz) How do I invoke dpkg-source to create the .orig.tar.gz file? I would say that you don't need dpkg-source to, tar + gzip should work just fine. Most (all?) builder scripts are happy with just finding an appropriately named tarball in the correct place. I would try the following steps (though you probably have done some already). 1. Grab the pristene upstream tarball. 2. Untar somewhere. 3. Remove files as required to make it DFSG free. 3. Rename the base directory that it unpacked to (to add the .orig prefix) 4. Run tar czf package_upstream-version.dfsg.orig.tar.gz \ package-upstream-version.orig/ (adjusting paths appropriately) I have never checked that tar czf actually produces gzip -9 files, so you might need to form a pipeline if not. 5. Then make the Debian changes in the unpacked dir that you created the tarball from (or whatever procdure you use). Remebering to document what you did to repack in README.Debian-source. You can also provide a get-orig-source target in debian/rules that autmates it, but is not invoked during the build. The last thing is to get the version correct in debian/changelog. It should include the .dfsg suffix that you used in the name of the tarfile above, or whatever you chose. .dfsg is a good choice if repackaging to meet the DFSG, and any other repackaging should be considered carefully, but .ds standing for Debian source is a common choice for suffix. Thanks, James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating a source tarball for repackaged source using dpkg-source -b
On (09/03/07 23:50), James Westby wrote: On (09/03/07 23:54), Benjamin Mesing wrote: How do I invoke dpkg-source to create the .orig.tar.gz file? I would say that you don't need dpkg-source to, tar + gzip should work just fine. Most (all?) builder scripts are happy with just finding an appropriately named tarball in the correct place. Sorry, I was referring to things like dpkg-buildpackage, debuild etc. They all call dpkg-source from an unpacked directory and create the tarball if it is not present. However most work if you provide a tarball to start with, and they will use that. I find this good as it means you can create the tarball in the simple manner so that you know what happens, and that you don't need to worry about the options to pass to dpkg-source. If you are actually looking to do it with dpkg-source then that is possible to. It would probably be a good learning experience, but if you are just looking to get on with it, then you may find the method I outlined easier. Thanks, James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
