util-vserver:Debian

Draft - Create your debian package from util-vserver sources

The goal of this page is to enable anyone to create a package for debian using the latest source code from util-vserver:

Warning !!!!


This package does not follow debian guideline it is intended to give you allmost 
the same result as a ./configure; make; make install; make install-distribution of the source package.

DISCLAIMER
It has been made by someone that is NOT fluent in debian packaging but to answer a neeed in the community.
This came with no warrant at all, use it at your own risk it can burn to ashes your server and kill babies in a 4km radius if used. 
You have been warned.

the configure script is in the debian/rules file and basicaly is:

 ./configure $(CROSS) 
--prefix=/usr 
--sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc 
--localstatedir=/var 
--mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man 
--with-initrddir=/etc/init.d 
--infodir=\$${prefix}/share/info 
CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,defs"

 so it put the man page at the right debian place and init.d script also. Binaries are in /usr/xbin if you have a source install better put /usr/local as prefix so it will be at the same place than the source install. I am still wondering wich i will choose /usr is more 'debian', /usr/local is the one used by my source compilation to date so...

DISCLAIMER

First you need the tools to build packages. Those seems to be:

fakeroot
debhelper
gawk
autotools-dev
dietlibc-dev
net-tools
vlan
iptables
wget
procps
module-init-tools
autoconf
libbeecrypt-dev
po-debconf
dpatch
libtool
automake1.9
e2fslibs-dev
libnss3-dev
pkg-config

if you have a compilation warning make sure you have those package, i stole the lits from the debian lenny util-vserver package i have not used my brain for it but this should be safe.

Draft - Create the skeleton of the package

You can use the debian tool for that, later you will need the rule, control, changelog,.. file

• upload the source from http://people.linux-vserver.org/~dhozac/t/uv-testing/
• untar it
• cd into the created directory
• run dh_make -e youremail@adress -f ../util-vserver-0.30.216-xxx (change for the real name of course :) )

it should create the debian directory with all the needed skeleton in it.

Building the package

• upload the files rules, control, copyright, changelog,util-vserver-basic.util-vserver.init , util-vserver-basic.vprocunhide.init, util-vserver-basic.vservers-default.init

from http://wwww..to be determined

• add those files to the debian directory in util-vserver source
• run dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

You should have in the parent directory the package file, now just upload it to the server you need them and use "dpkg -i package.name" to install it. 

Regards, Ghislain.