Debian Package

Debian packages of stable releases will be created and uploaded to the official Debian repositories as soon as possible. Usually, after a few days, the new stable package should be available in Debian unstable.

If you want to create a Debian package yourself, you may find the debian module in the cvs.cvsnt.org repository quite helpful. It contains all files that were used to create the official Debian package. You can check it out:

cvs -d:pserver:cvs@cvs.cvsnt.org:/usr/local/cvs checkout -r CVSNT_2_0_x debian

There is also a virtual module called cvsnt_debian which contains the debian directory at the correct place within the cvsnt sources:

cvs -d:pserver:cvs@cvs.cvsnt.org:/usr/local/cvs checkout -r CVSNT_2_0_x cvsnt_debian

Alternatively, you may use the debCVSNT script.

debCVSNT

debCVSNT is a small script to create a Debian package from the CVSNT repository source. It exports the source, creates a new tarball, exports the debian control files directly into the cvsnt sources and then creates a Debian package using dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot. Finally the newly created package is checked by lintian.

Usage of the script

debCVSNT <tag/branch>

The script does not work for EVS yet, so you have to provide a CVSNT tag or branch

Example

./debCVSNT CVSNT_2_0_x

How it works

• Export (e.g. without the CVS directory) the cvsnt module

• Find out the current CVSNT version number, including RCs and prereleases

• Remove the cvsntmmc/ directory within the cvsnt sources, because the files in that directory are not free software

• Create a tarball from the exported source with the following name: cvsnt-$CVSNT_VERSION.tar.gz

• Rename the cvsnt directory to cvsnt-$CVSNT_VERSION

• Export the debian/ module directly into the cvsnt-$CVSNT_VERSION directory

• Open the debian/changelog file in an editor

• Create the package after the editor has been closed, using dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

• After the package has been created, it will be checked with lintian -i and the results will be displayed with less

Known bugs

A lot: It does not check if the previous operation was successful, before the new one begins. So if something does not work correctly, the script fails

Where to find

The script can be found in the tonys scripts directory in the cvsnt sources. Alternatively, you may copy and paste the script here

#!/bin/sh

# $Id: debCVSNT,v 1.1.2.1 2008/07/01 18:30:31 atscharner Exp $

#
# Copyright 2008 Andreas Tscharner <andy@vis.ethz.ch>
#
# 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
# MA 02110-1301, USA.

#
# debCVSNT
# Small script file to create a Debian package from the CVS version
#
# VERSION: 0.1
#
# HISTORY:
#   2008-06-29 Andreas Tscharner: Initial release
#

#
# Set local CVS root
LOCAL_CVSROOT=:pserver:cvs@cvs.cvsnt.org:/usr/local/cvs

#
# Get CVSNT from CVS
if [ "$1" != "" ] ; then
  echo "Export using tag/branch $1"
  cvs -d$LOCAL_CVSROOT export -r $1 cvsnt
else
  echo "No tag/branch given. Exporting TRUNC"
  cvs -d$LOCAL_CVSROOT export -r HEAD cvsnt
fi

#
# Go into CVSNT directory
cd cvsnt

#
# Check for EVS instead of CVSNT
EVS_FOUND=`grep EVS_RPODUCT_MAJOR version_no.h`
if [ "$EVS_FOUND" != "" ] ; then
  echo "EVS found."
  # the following lines are temporary
  echo "Cannot make a package from EVS. Quitting"
  exit 1
fi

#
# Get CVSNT version number
CVSNT_MAJOR=`grep CVSNT_PRODUCT_MAJOR version_no.h | awk '{ print $3; }'`
CVSNT_MINOR=`grep CVSNT_PRODUCT_MINOR version_no.h | awk '{ print $3; }'`
CVSNT_PATCH=`grep CVSNT_PRODUCT_PATCHLEVEL version_no.h | grep -v LEVELS | awk '{ print $3; }'`
CVSNT_BUILD=`grep CVSNT_PRODUCT_BUILD build.h | awk '{ print $3; }'`

CVSNT_VERSION=$CVSNT_MAJOR.$CVSNT_MINOR.$CVSNT_PATCH.$CVSNT_BUILD

echo "CVSNT Version found: $CVSNT_VERSION"

#
# Check for RC or prerelease
CVSNT_RC=`grep CVSNT_SPECIAL_BUILD version_no.h | grep -v ^// | awk -F\" '{ print $2; }' | awk '{ print $1$2; }' | tr A-Z a-z`
CVSNT_PRE=`echo $CVSNT_RC | grep pre`
if [ "$CVSNT_RC" != "" ] ; then
  if [ "$CVSNT_PRE" != "" ] ; then
    CVSNT_VERSION=$CVSNT_VERSION~pre
  else
    CVSNT_VERSION=$CVSNT_VERSION~$CVSNT_RC
  fi
  echo "Extended CVSNT Version: $CVSNT_VERSION"
fi

#
# Delete cvsntmmc directory (contains non-free stuff)
rm -rf cvsntmmc/

#
# Create tarball and create a symbolic link
cd ..
tar -czvvf cvsnt-$CVSNT_VERSION.tar.gz cvsnt/
ln -s cvsnt-$CVSNT_VERSION.tar.gz cvsnt_$CVSNT_VERSION.orig.tar.gz

#
# Rename directory and change ito it
mv cvsnt cvsnt-$CVSNT_VERSION
cd cvsnt-$CVSNT_VERSION

#
# Export debian/ directory into current one
if [ "$1" != "" ] ; then
  echo "Export branch/tag $1 from debian"
  cvs -d$LOCAL_CVSROOT export -r $1 debian
else
  echo "Export TRUNC from debian"
  cvs -d$LOCAL_CVSROOT export -r HEAD debian
fi

#
# Update/Edit the Debian changelog
cd debian
dch --edit
cd ..

#
# Try to make a Debian package
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

#
# Leave directory and check the package with lintian
cd ..
lintian -i `ls cvsnt_$CVSNT_VERSION*.changes` | less