.deb Assembly Container

This package is intended to be used to generate a Docker container that is able to take your package's source code, binaries, and other content; and package it into a .deb file.

Usage

Building [The Container]

No caveats here...

docker build -t debasm .

Entrypoint

• -n <string> Your package name
• -v <version string> Your package/upstream version
• -r <pkgversion string> (Optional) Packaged version
• -d <deb filename string> (Optional) Override of the outputting .deb filename
• -e <email string> (Optional) Email of package maintainer

Example Package Build

docker run \
    -i -t \
    -v /path/to/your/source:/pkgsrc:ro \
    -v /path/to/your/DEBIAN:/DEBIAN:ro \
    -v /path/to/your/deb/dst:/deb \
    debasm \
        -n mypackage \
        -v 1.0 \
        -r 1

Roadmap

1. Assist in creation of new DEBIAN/ control structure if not present
2. Allow for more interactive control of the build process
3. Assist in changelog management
4. lintian