Create /opt based packages for When

makepkg.sh

#!/bin/bash
PKGBASE=when-command-opt
REPOBASE=when-command
VERSION_MARKER=APPLET_VERSION
PROJECTS=~/Projects/Managed
EXECS="$REPOBASE/when-command.py"

sourcedir=$PROJECTS
curdir=`pwd`
curuser=$USER
curgrp=`getent group $USER | cut -d: -f1`

cd $sourcedir
tar cf - $REPOBASE | ( cd $curdir && tar xBf - )
cd $curdir

for x in `cat $REPOBASE/.gitignore` ; do
    rm -f $REPOBASE/$x
done
rm -Rf $REPOBASE/MANIFEST.in
rm -Rf $REPOBASE/setup.py
rm -Rf $REPOBASE/setup.cfg
rm -Rf $REPOBASE/stdeb.cfg
rm -Rf $REPOBASE/scripts
rm -Rf $REPOBASE/po
rm -Rf $REPOBASE/.temp
rm -Rf $REPOBASE/.git*
rm -Rf $REPOBASE/share/icons/hicolor

mv -f $REPOBASE/share/when-command/*.glade $REPOBASE/share
mv -f $REPOBASE/share/when-command/when-command.py $REPOBASE
mv -f $REPOBASE/share/when-command/icons/* $REPOBASE/share/icons
mv -f $REPOBASE/share/doc/when-command/*.md $REPOBASE
rm -Rf $REPOBASE/share/when-command
rm -Rf $REPOBASE/share/doc
rm -Rf $REPOBASE/share/man

for x in $EXECS ; do
    v=$(echo "`grep ^$VERSION_MARKER $x`; print $VERSION_MARKER" | python)
    [ -z $VERSION ] && VERSION=$v
done
[ -z $VERSION ] && VERSION=0.0-transient.0
echo Package version is: $VERSION

DIRNAME=$PKGBASE-$VERSION
[ -d $DIRNAME ] && sudo chown -Rh $USER $DIRNAME && rm -Rf $DIRNAME
[ -f $DIRNAME.deb ] && rm -f $DIRNAME

mkdir -p $DIRNAME/DEBIAN
mkdir -p $DIRNAME/opt


mv $REPOBASE $DIRNAME/opt
for x in `find $DIRNAME -type f` ; do
    chmod 644 $x
done
for x in `find $DIRNAME -type d` ; do
    chmod 755 $x
done


for x in $EXECS ; do
    chmod 755 $DIRNAME/opt/$x
    cmd=${x%.*}
    cd `dirname $curdir/$DIRNAME/opt/$x`
    echo "Symlinking: `basename $x` --> `basename $cmd`"
    ln -s `basename $x` `basename $cmd`
    cd $curdir
done
KBYTES=`du -s -B 1024 $DIRNAME/opt | awk '{print $1}'`
cat control_template \
    | sed "s/xxVERSIONxx/$VERSION/g" \
    | sed "s/xxKBYTESxx/$KBYTES/g" \
    > $DIRNAME/DEBIAN/control

echo "Fixing permissions in $DIRNAME/opt (--> /opt)"
sudo chown -Rh root:root $DIRNAME/opt
dpkg-deb --build $DIRNAME
sudo chown -Rh $curuser:$curgrp $DIRNAME/opt

This script includes commands to recreate the contents of the /opt based .deb file using the source tree as it is in the packaging branch.

The referred control_template text file has the following contents:

Package: when-command-opt
Version: xxVERSIONxx
Section: base
Priority: optional
Architecture: all
Installed-Size: xxKBYTESxx
Maintainer: Francesco Garosi <franz.g@no-spam-please.infinito.it>
Depends: python3-gi, xprintidle, gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1
Homepage: http://almostearthling.github.io/when-command/
Description: When Gnome Task Scheduler
 When is a configurable user task scheduler, designed with Ubuntu
 in mind. It interacts with the user through a GUI, where the user
 can define tasks and conditions, as well as relationships of
 causality that bind conditions to tasks.