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--- mdx_debian_package [2008/11/26 12:03] – created daniel
+++ mdx_debian_package [2011/07/18 12:32] (current) – [1) Create Makefile and build] daniel
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-== How to create a debian package for manitou-mdx ==
+====== How to create a debian package for manitou-mdx ======
 We start from a fresh source tree for manitou-mdx, as obtained by un-tarring a manitou-mdx-<version>.tar.gz source archive. We'll use 0.9.11 as an example.
-The commands we need to create the package are available through the ''dpkg-dev'' and ''dh-make'' packages.
+The commands we need to create the package are available through the ''dpkg-dev'' (or ''fakeroot'') and ''dh-make'' packages.
 The steps are:
-) Create Makefile and build
+===== 1) Create Makefile and build =====
 <code>
-cd manitou-mdx-0.9.11
+$ cd manitou-mdx-0.9.11
-perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=""
+$ perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
-make
+$ make
 </code>
-If not setting PREFIX and DESTDIR, the files would be installed into /usr/local
-) dh_make
+===== 2) dh_make =====
- <code>dh_make -s --createorig -c GPL --email daniel@manitou-mail.org</code>
-) Replace the contents of ''debian/control'' by these: \\
+ <code>dh_make -s --native -c GPL --email some-email@domain.tld</code>
+===== 3) Replace the contents of debian/control =====
+ by this file: {{control.txt}} (rename it to ''control'') or copy-paste the contents below:\\
 <code>
 Source: manitou-mdx
 Section: email
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>
+Maintainer: Daniel Verite <email@domain.tld>
 Build-Depends: libdbd-pg-perl (>= 1.32), libmailtools-perl (>= 1.62), libmime-perl (>= 5.417), libbit-vector-perl (>= 6.4), libdigest-sha1-perl (>= 2.11), perl
 Package: manitou-mdx
-Architecture: any
+Architecture: all
 Priority: optional
 Depends: libdbd-pg-perl (>= 1.32), libmailtools-perl (>= 1.62), libmime-perl (>= 5.417), libbit-vector-perl (>= 6.4), libdigest-sha1-perl (>= 2.11), perl
 Description: mail-database exchanger script for the manitou-mail software
- Manitou is a database-driven mail user-agent and associated utilities. It provides a framework and tools for storing and exposing mail as organized data, accessible by SQL. It is aimed at handling seamlessly large mailboxes, possibly processed by multiple concurrent users.  In addition to the features commonly found in traditional mail programs, its user interface comes with some more unique, database oriented ways to organize, process and retrieve mail messages.
+ Manitou is a database-driven mail user-agent and associated utilities. It provides a framework and tools for storing and exposing mail as organized data, accessible by SQL. It is aimed at handling seamlessly large mailboxes, possibly processed by multiple concurrent users.  In addition to the features commonly found in traditional mail programs, its user interface comes with some more unique, database oriented ways to organize, retrieve and process mail messages.
 </code>
-) edit ''debian/rules'' \\
+===== 4) edit debian/rules =====
 In the clean target, comment the line that reads: -$(MAKE) clean
 This is necessary because our ''make clean'' removes the Makefile, which is something that dpkg-buildpackage doesn't expect to happen.
-) Run ''dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot''
+===== 5) Run dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot =====
-After that step, the binary package file named manitou-mdx_0_9_11.deb should be present in the directory immediately above the source directory. It should be directly installable by a root user issuing:
 <code>
-# dpkg -i manitou-mdx_0_9_11.deb
+$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
 </code>
+After that step, the binary package file named manitou-mdx_0_9_11_all.deb should be present in the directory immediately above the source directory. It should be installable by root:
+<code>
+# dpkg -i manitou-mdx_0_9_11_all.deb
+</code>