Makes packaging simpler. No more need to manually maintain 'make install' targets or distribution specific install files such as debian/pkg-name.install.
Files in etc/... in root source folder will be installed to /etc/..., files in usr/... will be installed to /usr/... and so forth. This should make renaming, moving files around, packaging, etc. very simple. Packaging of most packages can look very similar.
Provides common make targets such as 'make install', 'make dist', 'make installsim', 'make installcheck', 'make uninstall', 'make uninstallcheck', 'make distclean'.
Very extensible through file ./make-helper-overrides.bsh or folder ./make-helper-overrides.d. By using overrides, any make target can be easily extended using pre or post hooks or replaced. Override files which are executable will be used. Override files which are not executable will be skipped.
Contains a minimal Makefile while the heavy lifting is done by a bash script make-helper.bsh.
Building for multiple platforms possible, example: export make_cross_build_platform_list="i386 amd64"
Can call with lintian (static analysis tool for Debian packages). By default it will be using lintian if installed while failing open (non-zero exit code). lintian can be disabled. export make_use_lintian=false Or can be configured to fail closed (non-zero exit code). export make_use_lintian=true
Can build packages without chroot using debuild (default) or inside chroot using cowbuilder. To enable cowbuilder, use: export make_use_cowbuilder=true
Supports signing packages using debsign. (sign a Debian .changes and .dsc file pair using GPG) export make_use_debsign=true
1. Download the APT Signing Key.
wget https://www.kicksecure.com/keys/derivative.asc
Users can check the Signing Key for better security.
2. Add the APT Signing Key.
sudo cp ~/derivative.asc /usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc
3. Add the derivative repository.
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc] https://deb.kicksecure.com bookworm main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/derivative.list
4. Update your package lists.
sudo apt-get update
5. Install genmkfile.
sudo apt-get install genmkfile
Can be build using standard Debian package build tools such as:
dpkg-buildpackage -b
See instructions.
NOTE: Replace generic-package with the actual name of this package genmkfile.
- A) easy, OR
- B) including verifying software signatures
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