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    Building Debian Packages by Example: Packaging Libgnupg-Perl Chris Fearnley

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    Building Debian Packages by Example: Packaging Libgnupg-Perl Chris Fearnley

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    Building Debian Packages by Example: Packaging libgnupg-perl

    Chris Fearnley
    cjf@LinuxForce.net
    http://www.LinuxForce.net
    We will demonstrate the building of a Debian package by preparing a .deb file and source packages for libgnupg-perl, a Perl
    Interface for Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG.pm). Since this is a perl library module a few extra considerations are applicable.
    However, GnuPG.pm is still very simple so this session will be appropriate for those new to Debian development.
    1. Unpack the upstream source into a pristine directory named libgnupg-perl-version
    2. Debianize the directory by cding into it and running
    dh make -e your.maintainer@address -f ../pristine-source.tar.gz
    3. Examine the upstream source (http://indev.insu.com/GnuPG/gnupg.html)
    4. Write a short description of the package
    Perl Interface to Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG)
    5. Write a long description for the package
    GnuPG is a perl module that interfaces with the Gnu Privacy Guard using the coprocess hooks provided by gpg. The
    communication mechanism uses shared memory and a status file descriptor. There are other perl interfaces to PGP
    and GnuPG but none of them use the coprocess interface provided by gpg.
    The module tries its best to map the rather interactive interface of gpg to a more programmatic API. The module
    offers a tied file handle interface to encryption and decryption making it easier to use.
    6. Post an ITP (Intent To Package) e-mail announcement that you are working on the package to
    debian-devel@lists.debian.org
    7. Verify the license is DFSG (Debian Free Software Guidelines) complient
    8. Write a man page if the package doesnt already provide one
    9. Write a debian/control file
    10. Write a debian/copyright file
    11. Write a debian/rules file
    12. Build the package
    (a) (Skip this step for scripts) Build the executables debian/rules build
    (b) Build the binary package (.deb) debian/rules binary
    13. Test the package
    (a) ls -alR debian/tmp*
    (b) dpkg -c ../libgnupg-perl-version.deb
    (c) dpkg -I ../libgnupg-perl-version.deb
    (d) dpkg -i ../libgnupg-perl-version.deb
    (e) lintian ../libgnupg-perl-version.deb
    14. Install the package (dpkg -i ../libgnupg-perl-version.deb)
    15. Test the package some more
    (a) Does it work
    (b) dpkg -L libgnupg-perl
    (c) dpkg -s libgnupg-perl
    (d) Install it on at least one system on which the package was not built (to ensure the package includes all components
    necessary to work).
    (e) --remove the package and then reinstall. Any errors?
    (f) Are the maintainers scripts idempotent? Try running them multiple times.

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