Script to produce linux-image and linux-headers metapackages for custom-built Debian kernels

make_linux_meta_packages.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

file=$(ls *unsigned*.deb)
declare -a seg_a="(${file//_/ })"
declare -a seg_b="(${seg_a//-/ })"

KERNEL_VER=${seg_a[1]}
PKG_VER=${seg_b[2]}-${seg_b[3]}

cat > linux-image.control <<EOF
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Standards-Version: 3.9.2

Package: linux-image-arm64
Version: ${KERNEL_VER}
Depends: linux-image-${PKG_VER}-arm64-unsigned (= ${KERNEL_VER})
Provides: linux-image-generic, linux-latest-modules-${PKG_VER}-arm64, wireguard-modules (= 1.0.0)
Architecture: arm64
Description: meta package to manage linux-image installation
EOF

cat > linux-headers.control <<EOF
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Standards-Version: 3.9.2

Package: linux-headers-arm64
Version: ${KERNEL_VER}
Depends: linux-headers-${PKG_VER}-arm64-unsigned (= ${KERNEL_VER})
Provides: linux-headers-generic
Architecture: arm64
Description: meta package to manage linux-headers installation
EOF

equivs-build --arch arm64 linux-image.control
equivs-build --arch arm64 linux-headers.control

rm *.buildinfo
rm *.changes

rm linux-image.control
rm linux-headers.control