README.source

subscription-manager for Debian
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Required packages for build
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* build-essentials
* devscripts (for dch)
* equivs (for mk-build-deps)


Steps before build
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Copy debian-directory into the source root

    cp -r contrib/debian .

Adapt package-version (new version)..

    dch -v <new-version>

..or just increase release-number

    dch -i


Install dependencies
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Create and install meta-package that pulls in the required build-dependencies:

    mk-build-deps debian/control
    apt install ./subscription-manager-build-deps-*.deb

The apt is able to install local deb-packages starting with version 1.1


Build package
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Build the binary package (the resulting package files can be found in the parent-directory of the source-root-directory):

    dpkg-buildpackage -b

For additional information about debian package building please refer to the debian developer manuals (https://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals).

Debian packaging manuals can also be installed locally through debian packages (e.g. 'debian-policy')

 -- Markus Bucher <bucher@atix.de> Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:37:36 +0100