Put source packages into PPA without dput

[Dennis Schridde]

I would like to be able to put a source package into my PPA without having to use dput. (I am not running Debian nor Ubuntu or another derivate.)

My proposed method would be like this:
- Point out a link to the source tarball to Launchpad. (I.e. on the releases page I already gave the "URL pattern" to them, so that Launchpad would automatically import new releases.)
- Tell Launchpad where in that archive the debian dpkg directory will be found.
- Launchpad will download the source tarball from the specified location and build the package for me, without me having to setup dput or other Debian utils on my system.

[André Klitzing (misery)]

Well... a little work-around for you.
I created an ArchLinux package of dput someday ago. dput and dcut are only python-scripts that you can use everywhere. You only need to copy some files to your distro of your choice. :-)

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14209
Here is the PKGBUILD (installation steps for ArchLinux) for dput: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dput/dput/PKGBUILD

[Dennis Schridde (devurandom)]

Thanks for that hint!

Though I still think that my proposal would offer another good and very simple method.
It could even automatically build new releases!