Perl to Debian package

debain-perl-notes.md

Adding an existing package

For instance

$ git clone -b debian ssh://git.debian.org/git/pkg-perl/packages/$PACKAGE.git
$ git push origin debian

To build the debian package

$ milla build
$ cp *.tar.gz ../source.tar.gz
$ git checkout debian
$ ...somehow merge changes from upstream...
$ debuild -b -uc -us

The official way is to use gbp:

debian$ git clean -fd
debian$ gbp import-orig --uscan --debian-branch=debian --upstream-branch=master --no-sign-tags
debian$ ...resolve merge conflicts

Creating a new package

For the first time, create a debian branch. This branch is called master at Debian while our master is called upstream:

$ git checkout -b debian
$ mkdir -p debuild/source

$ milla build
$ cp META.json debuild/source
$ cp *.tar.gz debuild/source.tar.gz
$ dh-make-perl --vcs none --build debuild/source --desc libmodule-build-tiny-perl
$ cp -r debuild/source/debian/ .

Manually adjust or remove debian/ files (changelog, control, c)

First check:

$ fakeroot debian/rules build

Build package:

$ debuild

Clean build artifacts:

$ debuild clean

On each update:

$ git merge master


$ dh-make-perl --vcs none --desc libmodule-build-tiny-perl