[ltt-dev] debian packaging

[kerstin.jonsson@ericsson.com (kerstin jonsson)]

On 05/26/2010 05:27 PM, Jon Bernard wrote:
> * kerstin.jonsson<kerstin.jonsson at ericsson.com>  wrote:
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>> On 05/19/2010 05:23 PM, Jon Bernard wrote:
>>      
>>> * kerstin.jonsson<kerstin.jonsson at ericsson.com>   wrote:
>>>        
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have added a "deb" target to the ust and lttv make files, to
>>>> enable build of debian packages, I also did some minor changes to
>>>> the documentation - NB! not the contents, only to enable deb install
>>>> of the manual as info pages.
>>>>
>>>> This is something that I did only for our own convenience, (i.e. the
>>>> debian control files needs more work before these patches can be
>>>> made public) we are using pbuilder to create boot images for
>>>> different targets and then it's neat to have everything installable
>>>>          
>>> >from deb packets.
>>>        
>>>> Is this something that may be of interest? I'd be happy to mail the
>>>> patches. Or is the intention to keep the packaging separate from the
>>>> source tree?
>>>>          
>> Hi again, sorry! I was interrupted.
>>
>>      
>>> Hi Kerstin, thanks for your interest! I'm more than happy to
>>> collaborate on the debian packaging.
>>>
>>> I much prefer to keep the debian packaging development separate from
>>> upstream development. The git repositories for this are hosted at
>>> http://git.debian.org/ Ust and liburcu are available in Debian
>>> unstable and testing, but if you need packages for lenny, let me
>>> know. I should be able to backport them with little effort.
>>>        
>> We are using testing and unstable but the problem we wanted to solve
>> was to have a simple way of including our own modifications to UST
>> into the boot images we create for the target machines. LTTV, however,
>> is a different matter, we will not do any modifications to lttv and
>> then it's very nice to be able to download the package directly. But
>> still, testing and unstable is just what we're looking for.
>>      
> The patches look quite good. With the exception of your manual/info page
> modifications, the official packages should already include the changes
> you've made. The debian repository for this work is found at [1].
>
> I'll look into the info page changes and try to get something included
> that works for you. Was there a specific reason for renaming the
> manual.texinfo file?
>    
Only that the automake target for some reason refused to build when
using the old name and I gave up trying to understand why, I'm not
on best terms with these modern automagic tools yet;D
> [1]: http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/ust.git;a=summary
>
>    
>>> ltt-control is nearly done, I have a manpage or two to write and it will
>>> be ready for upload. I can push a snapshot of this effort to a git
>>> repository if you're interested.
>>>        
>> We most certainly are:D
>>      
> I've uploaded ltt-control and it's currently waiting in the NEW queue
> for review [2]. I've also pushed a snapshot of the packaging work to [3]
> if you're interested.
>
> [2]: http://ftp-master.debian.org/new/ltt-control_0.86-19052010-1.html
> [3]: http://git.debian.org/?p=users/jbernard/ltt-control.git;a=summary
>
>    
Ok. thanks!