Debian Packagesearch

Author: Benjamin Mesing (bensmail@gmx.net)
License: GPL_3+
Language: C++
Platforms: Debian-Linux
Documentation: Doxygen

This program provides a UI for package searches on Debian systems.
In particular it integrates searching by tags (debtags).

Tags are categories that can be added to a package. They characterise
the program. Multiple Tags may be assigned to one package.

See the programs help page for more information (accessible via
Help->Content in the menu).

Developer Info

Building

• install dependencies listed in debian/control
• generate Make file through cmake; inside root project dir
  • mkdir build-packagesearch
  • cd build-packagesearch
  • cmake ../ --> this will generate a Makefile for debug, to create one for release, define an environment variable PACKAGESEARCH_BUILD_TYPE=release
  • make --> should build packagesearch binary and all plugins
  • use fakeroot debian/rules binary to build a binary to try if everything is working on the packaging side

Create Debian release

• within git repo
• update version via dch -v XXX
• run ./make_release.pl
• chdir to ../packagesearch-release/packagesearch-yyyy-mm-dd
• debuild
• check generated files with lintian, debdiff, dpkg -c,...
• as root
  • cowbuilder create (if not yet there)
  • cowbuilder update
  • cowbuilder build packagesearch_2.8.XX.dsc
• copy results from /var/cache/pbuilder/result/ (especially source.changes, which is somehow not generated from debuild)
• debsign packagesearch_2.8.XX_source.changes
• dput packagesearch_2.8.XX_source.changes