> On Wednesday 25 of December 2013 06:02:12 Michele Calgaro wrote: >> > What exactly is required to switch to quilt format? Is this a simple >> > change to the dpkg-buildpackage call or something more complex? >> >> Tim, >> I don't have the experience of Slavek (so I may be missing something), >> but >> switching to quilt will require: >> 1) change the format inside debian/source/format from native to quilt >> 2) switch debian/ubuntu specific patches to quilt format >> 3) bremove anything related to quilt from debian/rules >> 4) modify the building scripts to create a "<source package>_<upstream >> version>.orig.tar.gz" file from the package source before building >> 5) modify the building scripts to build using format 3.0(quilt), which >> requires the .orig.tar.gz file to be in the parent directory of the >> debian >> folder >> >> I have just updated dpkg on my Debian/Jessie, so in the next few days I >> will have to work on this, because I have already experience build >> failures, as Slavek initially mentioned. If I find some other changes >> that >> are required, I will update the post. >> >> Here are a couple of useful links as well: >> https://wiki.debian.org/Projects/DebSrc3.0#Advantages_of_new_formats >> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#What_is_the_ifference_between_a_na >>tive_Debian_package_and_a_non-native_package.3F - section 2.4 >> >> Cheers >> Michele >> > > In calling dpkg-buildpackage is basically the only difference - in > parent folder must exists tarball with the sources (except debian > folder) named "package_release.orig.tar.xz", for example: > tdelibs-trinity_14.0.0-r974.orig.tar.xz. > > As is evident from the name - orig.tar.xz is one common to all > distributions. However, the condition is that it cannot be created > again for each distribution => must be the binary same == created only > once. At the same time, if package is updated only due to the change > in tde-packaging, but not a change in the source code, orig.tar.xz > must remain binary same as previous. For this reason I use script > create_tarball that source tarball creates only if it does not exist. > > > As I mentioned earlier - my script to prepare the source deb packages > I already have prepared for these steps. Legenda: DEB_DIR is folder with > deb packages for particular module, TARBALL_DIR is folder with tarballs > created by create_tarball script, NAME is package name (including > -trinity, > readed from changelog file), REL is "base" release number - for above > example "4:14.0.0-r974"), SRC is source tarball. > > Ad 1) From my script: > if [ -f $DEB_DIR/source/debian/source/format ]; then > grep -q "(native)" $DEB_DIR/source/debian/source/format ] && > sed -i "s|(native)|(quilt)|" > $DEB_DIR/source/debian/source/format > else > mkdir -p $DEB_DIR/source/debian/source > echo "3.0 (quilt)" >$DEB_DIR/source/debian/source/format > fi > > Ad 2) Already done. > > Ad 3) From my script: > grep -q "^include.*/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/patchsys-quilt\.mk" > $DEB_DIR/source/debian/rules && > sed -i > "s|^\(include.*/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/patchsys-quilt\.mk\)|#\1|" > $DEB_DIR/source/debian/rules > > Ad 4) In my script I use create-tarball from 'scripts' and this tarball > I use as orig.tar.xz. From my script: > ln -s $TARBALL_DIR/$SRC.tar.xz > $DEB_DIR/${NAME}_${REL#*:}.orig.tar.xz > > Ad 5) If the package specify format "3.0 (quilt)" it is not necessary to > modify the call dpkg-buildpackage. In my script I use one condition - if > orig.tar.xz is new tarball, for the first distribution is added option > "-sa", > in other cases "-sd". This ensures that the orig.tar.xz uploads only once. > > > As I realized yesterday, the problem is meta packages that do not contain > source code independently of the distribution, but the files are in > tde-packaging. My current script's leaves this package as "native". > Now I working to change it. Then I will be able to send my script > as an example. > > Slavek OK, I think I get the gist of it. I am pretty sure I can handle the source tarball creation, I just need to make sure the server has enough disk space! Tim