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diff --git a/_posts/2021-03-10-ubuntu-packaging.md b/_posts/2021-03-10-ubuntu-packaging.md index 431651e..d55d292 100644 --- a/_posts/2021-03-10-ubuntu-packaging.md +++ b/_posts/2021-03-10-ubuntu-packaging.md @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ All of the Debian packaging tools are tailored to the following use-case. packaging and is disconnected from the development. This disconnect means that maintaining the Debian packaging files in the -`master` branch is inconvinient using the existing tools. +`master` branch is inconvenient using the existing tools. At the very least, you should create a separate branch for doing packaging work. @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Let's remove every other file for now: rm -f -- debian/*.ex debian/*.EX debian/README.* debian/*.docs You can study the exact format of the metadata files in the [Debian New -Maintainers' Guide], but for now let's make keep it simple: +Maintainers' Guide], but for now let's keep it simple: {% include snippets/section.html section_id='basic' %} @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ For example, if the package is supposed to be built using the standard If it's a Python package with setup.py, it'll use the Python package-building utilities, etc. We don't want any of that, we just want to copy test.sh to /usr/bin. -It can be taked care of using the `dh_install` script. +It can be taken care of using the `dh_install` script. While building the package, it'll get executed by `dh`, read the "debian/test.install" file and copy the files listed there to the specified directories. @@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ For one, it's a binary package, and we need source packages for Launchpad to build itself. Second, it's unsigned, which is also a no-no. -I'm actually not going to describe how to set up a GnuPG key and upload it to -the Ubuntu keyserver (keyserver.ubuntu.com), but it's pretty straightforward -once you know the basics of GnuPG key handling. +I'm not going to describe how to set up a GnuPG key and upload it to the Ubuntu +keyserver (keyserver.ubuntu.com), but it's pretty straightforward once you know +the basics of GnuPG key handling. One disadvantage of the `dpkg-buildpackage` tool is that it creates a lot of files in the "debian" directory; their purpose is unclear to me. |