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bash script for modifying .deb dependencies (debian control file)
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#!/bin/bash | |
# usage: save as 'videbcontrol.sh'; chmod 755 videbcontrol.sh; ./videbcontrol.sh foo.deb | |
# | |
# from: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=636724 | |
if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then | |
echo "Syntax: $0 debfile" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
DEBFILE="$1" | |
TMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/deb.XXXXXXXXXX` || exit 1 | |
OUTPUT=`basename "$DEBFILE" .deb`.modfied.deb | |
if [[ -e "$OUTPUT" ]]; then | |
echo "$OUTPUT exists." | |
rm -r "$TMPDIR" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
dpkg-deb -x "$DEBFILE" "$TMPDIR" | |
dpkg-deb --control "$DEBFILE" "$TMPDIR"/DEBIAN | |
if [[ ! -e "$TMPDIR"/DEBIAN/control ]]; then | |
echo DEBIAN/control not found. | |
rm -r "$TMPDIR" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
CONTROL="$TMPDIR"/DEBIAN/control | |
MOD=`stat -c "%y" "$CONTROL"` | |
vi "$CONTROL" | |
if [[ "$MOD" == `stat -c "%y" "$CONTROL"` ]]; then | |
echo Not modfied. | |
else | |
echo Building new deb... | |
dpkg -b "$TMPDIR" "$OUTPUT" | |
fi | |
rm -r "$TMPDIR" |
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