On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 06:09:45PM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Bas Wijnen] > > So I wrote a script to build a Debian package from an upstream source > > directory, generating the orig.tar.gz on the fly. It doesn't touch > > the current tree, so it can be used without fear of losing files on > > new "clean" rules, for example. > > > name="$(basename "$(pwd)")" > > debversion="$(head -n 1 debian/changelog | cut -f2 -d\( | cut -f1 -d\) )" > > version=${debversion%-*} > > You should use dpkg-parsechangelog. It's longer but more correct: > > chglog=$(dpkg-parsechangelog) > pkg=$(echo "$chglog" | awk '/^Source: /{print $2}') > debversion=$(echo "$chglog" | awk '/^Version: /{print $2}') > version=${debversion%-*} > name=$pkg-$version
You need to add another line before the final name= line: version=$(echo $version | sed -e 's/^[0-9]\+://') > > mkdir "$temp/$name-$version.orig" > > tar -czf - . | tar -C "$temp/$name-$version.orig" -xzf - > > I would use 'cp -la' instead, as it is faster and cheaper. This is > Debian, after all, so you can assume GNU coreutils. Nice. Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]