[Os-sim-support] Ubuntu build of OSSIM

[Pablo H. <pab...@pe...>]

[ I hope this is still the correct mailinglist (as there is no traffic at all - but on contrib there is even _less_ traffic). ]


Hi everybody!

I am trying to build packages for Ubuntu. Is there a particular reason why such packages do not yet exist? Anyway, while building from source I noticed some things.

I compiled the binaries the "Debian way" (ie. Using dpkg-buildpackage resp. debuild) and everything worked fine. You need to install the following packages: libglib2.0-dev libgda2-dev libgnet-dev python-all-dev dpatch libssl-dev uuid-dev

As a result I now have the following files in my source directory:
.git
os-sim
ossim_2.3.1-9_all.deb
ossim_2.3.1-9.dsc
ossim_2.3.1-9_i386.build
ossim_2.3.1-9_i386.changes
ossim_2.3.1-9.tar.gz
ossim-contrib_2.3.1-9_all.deb
ossim-framework_2.3.1-9_all.deb
ossim-framework-daemon_2.3.1-9_all.deb
ossim-mysql_2.3.1-9_all.deb
ossim-server_2.3.1-9_i386.deb
ossim-utils_2.3.1-9_all.deb
README

I will test them, rebuild for 64-bit and let you know.


Now, my questions/considerations:

First, is the old cvs-repository still available? I would like to compare the git-repo with the old sources.

Second, the debian/changelog needs to be adopted to the correct syntax. How do you usually build .deb packages? [Two blanks before the date and just one before the author!]

Third, are those sources different from those used for AlienVault Professional. Does anyone know?

Fourth, is there a special reason why your OSSIM-packages are not part of the official Debian GNU/Linux release?

Fifth, do you use an automated build daemon?

Thank you for your work and best regards,
Pablo