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The debmake command is helper script to generate basic Debian packaging files
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using debhelper version 9 or newer. See README.tutorial, README.multi and
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The debmake command is a helper script to generate basic Debian packaging files
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using debhelper version 9 or newer with multiarch conscious way. See the
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debmake(1) manpage in this package and the HTML documentation provided in the
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debmake-doc package for more.
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The debmake command is written in python and is intended to replace functions
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offered by deb-make and dh_make commands.
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traditionally offered by deb-make and dh_make commands.
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This new debmake package has debmake as its command and starts its version from
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4.0 to avoid version overlaps.
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Rationale for debmake
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debmake was created to address shortcomings of dh_make(1).
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* make functioning binary packages directly with no user input
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- from upstream VCS (autotools, setup.py, ...)
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- setup.py means auto conversion from PyPI
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https://pypi.python.org/pypi to Debian debs.
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- from upstream tarball
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- help migration from native to non-native package
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* make multi binary packages with flexible combinations
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* make packages with hardening turned on
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* efficient generation of debian/copyright
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- use licensecheck(1) but do more
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debmake was created to address shortcomings of dh_make(1): Notably:
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* semi-automatic scanning of copyright
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* flexible combination of binary package types
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* friendly for the hardening of compiler flags
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* almost automatic process from the upstream VCS (autotools, setup.py, ...)
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* help upstream to manage the non-native package
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The design guide line of debmake
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* Use the new dh syntax. (No cdbs.)
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* Use the new dh syntax. (No cdbs nor any make file inclusion system)
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* The basic ability of dh_make (and its predecessor deb-make) should be
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covered. (debmake intends to replace them.)
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* The debmake command should require no or minimum arguments to do useful things.
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* The debmake command should help reviewing of the license for all source files.
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covered. (The debmake command intends to replace them.)
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* The debmake command should require no or minimum arguments to do useful
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* The debmake command should help reviewing of the license for all source
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* The program structure should be friendly for adding the GUI.
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* The native build system of the upstream source should be identified and
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* The debmake command should make it easy to create various combinations of
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binary packages in multi-arch compatible ways.
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binary packages in the multiarch compatible way.
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* The debmake command should not overwrite existing files by default.
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* The debmake command should not generate non-essential template files as default
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except for the first run in which normal template files are generated.
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* The debmake command should not generate non-essential template files as
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default except for the first run in which normal template files are
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-- Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> Sun, 12 Jan 2014 07:21:13 +0000
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-- Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> Sun, 14 Dec 2014 17:11:26 +0000
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