https://github.com/debbuild/debbuild

Build deb packages from rpm specifications
https://github.com/debbuild/debbuild

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Build deb packages from rpm specifications

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/debbuild/debbuild
• Owner: debbuild
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2015-08-11T17:23:32.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-19T18:57:46.000Z (23 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-24T00:10:05.261Z (19 days ago)
• Topics: debbuild, debian, rpmbuild, ubuntu
• Language: Perl
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.03 MB
• Stars: 59
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 27
• Open Issues: 32
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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# debbuild

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## purpose of the 'debbuild' program

from [the original project page](https://secure.deepnet.cx/trac/debbuild):

> debbuild was written to be able to create packages that will install cleanly

> on Debian systems without going through the head-beating I found was required

> to follow the Debian New Maintainer’s Guide, and pretty much any other

> Debian packaging guide. It uses the build process and command-line options of rpmbuild,

> but produces packages that will install on Debian systems.

[...]

> If you’re careful about filesystem paths, commands, pre/post/(un)install scripts, etc, etc,

> you may be able to write one spec file that you can use to create packages that will install

> and work correctly on **_both_** Debian(ish) and RedHat(ish) systems.

### bug fixes ...

starting from [version 0.11.3 of

debbuild](https://github.com/debbuild/debbuild/releases/tag/0.11.3) the

commits of this project deal with

* handling tarballs compressed with various packers

* extracting specfiles from such tarballs

* improved handling of the `%setup` and `%patch` macros

* configuration and invocation of debbuild

* some nuts and bolts under the hood

some – but unfortunately not all – of these improvements have made it back into

[the original source

tree](https://secure.deepnet.cx/svn/debbuild/trunk/debbuild).

### ... and extensions

after version

[svn@210](https://github.com/debbuild/debbuild/releases/tag/SVN%40210)

this project took

[a life of its own](https://github.com/debbuild/debbuild/releases).

* fully externalized `macros`

* conditional build stuff

* advanced option handling

* `%autosetup`/`%autopatch`

* many more nuts and bolts under the hood