https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cr … ons#Debian
For "debianizing", see:
dh-make — Tool that converts source archives into Debian package source
@karol: Thanks, I'll work from there
@kynikos: That's how I planned it (collecting links, AUR packages and brief instructions); the "Stub" article is now moved:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cr … tributions
@Trilby: Nice idea! It seems to me that especially the Debian packaging standards are hard-to-reach, with the infamous Debian Policy. If I may make a suggestion I'd use cowbuilder or pbuilder on the user's system, so they can build in a clean chroot (more chance the package will work for other users) and have no need to uninstall dependencies (though they then have the footprint of another base Debian system)
]]>My approach will currently run only on the target distro. So perhaps this is a bit of the inverse of your method (me using arch PKGBUILDs in debian to make a .deb rather than you using a tool in archlinux to make a .deb).
I have a bit of a "proof of concept" example that works as intended here and I've now modified the actual makepkg script from pacman to create a full featured (but yet untested) makedeb script.
I'd love to have a tool to make fully compatible .deb or .rpm packages from within archlinux, but I know very little about those packaging standards, and had grown a bit frustrated with their (lack of and/or confusing) documentation while I was trying figure it out.
]]>I didn't find any related articles, so I've decided to start work on one:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Us … tributions
Looking for any input (especially about Fedora/RPM). Even telling me such an article would be useless.
Cheers,
Alad