First draft of "Building Debian Packages"

* Building packages from source (dh_make, dpkg-buildpackage)
* Building packages based on binary data (dpkg-deb --build)
* Providing configuration options (debconf)

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+all:
+	for pdf in `ls -1 *.tex` ; do \
+		TEXINPUTS=`pwd`/../..:.:..:$(TEXINPUTS) pdflatex $$pdf; \
+		TEXINPUTS=`pwd`/../..:.:..:$(TEXINPUTS) pdflatex $$pdf; \
+	done
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.aux *.log *.pdf *.log *.snm *.toc *.vrb *.nav *.out
+
diff --git a/application-devel/debian-packages/pres_debian_packages_en.tex b/application-devel/debian-packages/pres_debian_packages_en.tex
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+% on the following slides, include icon in the left sidebar
+\def\lximg{/usr/share/lx/icons/fueller.png}
+
+\input{configpres}
+
+\section{Debian}
+\title{Building Debian Packages}
+\maketitle
+
+% stop displaying 'fueller.png' on the following slides
+\def\lximg{none}
+
+\subsection{Basics}
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Debian Packages}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item Binary packages
+\item Source packages
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Binary packages}
+\begin{alertblock}{What is a binary package?}
+A binary package contains executables, configuration files, documentation and
+copyright information.
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Package types}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item single binary
+\item multiple binary
+\item library
+\item kernel module
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Source packages}
+\begin{alertblock}{What is a source package?}
+A source package contains the unmodified source code of a package and usually a file
+which describes the debian specific changes.
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Binary packages}
+\small
+\begin{verbatim}
+$ ar tv barcode_0.98+debian-8_amd64.deb
+rw-r--r-- 0/0      4 Sep 11 15:40 2009 debian-binary
+rw-r--r-- 0/0    889 Sep 11 15:40 2009 control.tar.gz
+rw-r--r-- 0/0  79118 Sep 11 15:40 2009 data.tar.gz
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Binary packages}
+\begin{verbatim}
+debian-binary
+\end{verbatim}
+Contains the version of the Debian file format.
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Binary packages}
+\begin{verbatim}
+data.tar.gz
+\end{verbatim}
+Contains the files to be installed.
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Binary packages}
+\begin{verbatim}
+control.tar.gz
+\end{verbatim}
+Contains the ''administrative'' files, like ''control'', ''md5sums'', ...
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Source packages}
+\begin{verbatim}
+$ apt-get source barcode
+[...]
+$ ls -1
+total 376
+barcode-0.98+debian
+barcode_0.98+debian-8.diff.gz
+barcode_0.98+debian-8.dsc
+barcode_0.98+debian.orig.tar.gz
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Source packages}
+\begin{verbatim}
+barcode_0.98+debian.orig.tar.gz
+\end{verbatim}
+Contains the original unmodified source code.
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Source packages}
+\begin{verbatim}
+barcode_0.98+debian-8.diff.gz
+\end{verbatim}
+Contains the debian specific changes. If there's no difference to the upstream
+package, only the .tar.gz file will be provided.
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Source packages}
+\begin{verbatim}
+barcode_0.98+debian-8.dsc
+\end{verbatim}
+Contains meta-information about the source package.
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Source packages: The debian/ directory}
+\begin{verbatim}
+$ ls -1 barcode-0.98+debian/debian/
+[...]
+changelog
+control
+copyright
+rules
+[...]
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{debian/control}
+Contains a couple of fields describing the package:
+\begin{itemize}
+\item Architecture
+\item Dependencies
+\item Maintainer
+\item Description
+\item Section
+\item ...
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{debian/rules}
+This is a Makefile containing some rules on how to handle the source files.
+Mandatory targets are:
+\begin{itemize}
+\item clean
+\item build
+\item binary
+\item binary-arch
+\item binary-indep
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{debian/changelog}
+Information about:
+\begin{itemize}
+\item version number
+\item revisions
+\item bugfixes
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{debian/copyright}
+Copyright information:
+\begin{itemize}
+\item author(s)
+\item upstream author(s)
+\item licensing information
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Creating Debian Packages}
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Documentation}
+\begin{verbatim}
+$ apt-get install debian-policy
+$ ls /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Building binary packages}
+\begin{enumerate}
+\item Download / Create the source code
+\item Prepare a skeleton using dh\_make
+\item Customize the files in debian/
+\item Build the package using dpkg-buildpackage
+\item Optional: Debug using lintian or linda
+\end{enumerate}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Setting up the environment}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+export DEBEMAIL=musermann@mustermail.org
+export DEBFULLNAME="Max Mustermann"
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Preparing / Building}
+Exercise:
+\begin{enumerate}
+\item Create a directory hello-1.2.3
+\item Change to the directory and create hello.c and a corresponding Makefile (which should also provide a clean target)
+\item Then do:
+\end{enumerate}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+# tar your sources
+tar zvf hello-1.2.3.tar.gz hello-1.2.3
+# 
+$ cd hello-1.2.3
+$ dh_make -f ../hello-1.2.3.tar.gz
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{dh\_make}
+\tiny
+\begin{verbatim}
+Type of package: single binary, multiple binary, library, kernel module or
+cdbs?
+ [s/m/l/k/b] s
+
+Maintainer name : Max Mustermann
+Email-Address   : musermann@mustermail.org 
+Date            : Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:53:00 +0000
+Package Name    : hello
+Version         : 1.2.3
+License         : blank
+Using dpatch    : no
+Type of Package : Single
+Hit <enter> to confirm: 
+Done. Please edit the files in the debian/ subdirectory now. You should also
+check that the hello Makefiles install into $DESTDIR and not in / .
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Adjust the files}
+\tiny
+\begin{verbatim}
+# debian/control
+Source: hello
+Section: unknown
+Priority: extra
+Maintainer: Max Mustermann <musermann@mustermail.org>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7)
+Standards-Version: 3.7.3
+Homepage: <insert the upstream URL, if relevant>
+
+Package: hello
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: <insert up to 60 chars description>
+ <insert long description, indented with spaces>
+
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Modify debian/rules}
+If your Makefile doesn't provide an install target, modify the following line:\\
+Replace
+\begin{verbatim}
+install:
+  [...]
+
+  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/hello install
+\end{verbatim}
+by
+\begin{verbatim}
+install:
+  [...]
+
+  install -D -m 755 hello \
+       $(CURDIR)/debian/hello/bin/hello
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Building the package}
+Now you can build the package with:
+\begin{verbatim}
+dpkg-buildpackage
+\end{verbatim}
+Afterwards you should see a file named hello\_1.2.3-1\_i386.deb in ../
+\small
+\begin{verbatim}
+$ dpkg -I ../hello_1.2.3-1_i386.deb
+new debian package, version 2.0.
+ size 3028 bytes: control archive= 536 bytes.
+     330 bytes,    11 lines      control              
+     246 bytes,     4 lines      md5sums              
+ Package: hello
+ Version: 1.2.3-1
+ Architecture: i386
+ Maintainer: Max Mustermann <musermann@mustermail.org>
+[...]
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Packages based on binary data}
+\begin{verbatim}
+mkdir debian
+mkdir debian/bin
+mkdir debian/DEBIAN
+cp hello debian/bin
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Packages based on binary data}
+vim debian/DEBIAN/control
+\small
+\begin{verbatim}
+Package: hellobin
+Version: 0815
+Section: misc
+Priority: optional
+Architecture: all
+Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6)
+Maintainer: Max Mustermann
+Description: 42
+ The hitchhikers guide might give you some more
+ information about the number 42 ;)
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{Packages based on binary data}
+\begin{verbatim}
+$ dpkg-deb --build debian hellobin.deb
+$ dpkg -I hellobin.deb
+ new debian package, version 2.0.
+ size 3304 bytes: control archive= 317 bytes.
+     234 bytes,    10 lines      control              
+ Package: hellobin
+...
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{debconf}
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{debconf: The template file}
+vim debian/hello.templates
+\begin{verbatim}
+Template: hello/some_question
+Type: boolean
+Description: Just say yes or no ;-)
+ Just a simple debconf example.
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{debconf: The config file}
+vim debian/hello.config
+\begin{verbatim}
+. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+
+db_input critical hello/some_question
+db_go
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{debconf: The config file}
+vim debian/rules
+\begin{verbatim}
+...
+dh_installdebconf
+...
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{debconf: The config file}
+vim debian/hello.postinst
+\begin{verbatim}
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+
+db_get hello/some_question
+echo user answered "$RET"
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{sources}
+\begin{frame}
+\begin{thebibliography}{1}
+\bibitem{debm} http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/
+\bibitem{tldp} http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/x60.html
+\bibitem{abut} Grundlagen des Debian Paketverwaltungssystems - Fatih Abut (Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg)
+\end{thebibliography} 
+
+\end{frame}
+\input{tailpres}