[needs-packaging] crunch

[Joel Pickett]

[needs-packaging] crunch

Crunch is a CLI application that can create wordlists based on specific charsets. These wordlists can then be used in conjunction with aircrack-ng and other brute-force operations. Crunch is a wordlist generator where you can specify a standard character set or a character set you specify. Crunch can generate all possible combinations and permutations.

URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/crunch-wordlist/
License: GPLv2
Notes:

[Joel Pickett (jpickett)]

Tried package this myself using the Ubuntu Packaging Guide, although I'd like to see someone more experienced do it properly and (hopefully) added into a future release of Ubuntu.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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[Joel Pickett (jpickett)]

Attempts of building:

https://launchpad.net/~jpickett/+archive/jpickett

Debian ITP: #608645

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608645

[Joel Pickett (jpickett)]

pipes into aircrack-ng

[pataquets (pataquets)]

Hi, Joel.

I'm also trying to figure how to package on launchpad. I wonder if the mainline bzr branch is linked/imported from the source SVN as this explains:
https://help.launchpad.net/Code/Imports

I've also found a bit outdated (2.9) crunch debian packaging here:
https://launchpad.net/~ed10vi86/+archive/wifi/+packages

I'm not an experienced packager, but I would like to base my tests/learning on your mainline trunk and hopefully bake an up-to-date package.
If I'm not wrong, it could be a matter of creating a "merge recipe" (as described in https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/SourceBuilds/Recipes) against the imported trunk to set it rolling.
If a more experienced packager can advise, I would be thankful.

Thanks.

[carloslp (carloslp)]

I advise you to try to package for Debian instead of Ubuntu.

If you package for Debian your packages will made their way automatically on Ubuntu (Ubuntu just picks the majority of their packages directly from Debian), but the reverse is not true: if you package directly for Ubuntu your packages won't be available on Debian.

[Andreas Altaïr Redmer (altair-ibn-la-ahad)]

I have put the program into a ppa.

To install crunch on your computer do:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:altair-ibn-la-ahad/crunch
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install crunch

run the program with:

crunch

[pataquets (pataquets)]

Hi Andreas.
Thanks for putting together this PPA.
I would like to suggest you to use Launchpad's upstream source code import to ease and automate your builds. There is one at lp:crunch. This way, you will not need to update manually yourself when upstream changes.
Using some packaging recipe such as this would allow you package getting the sources straight from upstream:
</code>
# bzr-builder format 0.3 deb-version {debupstream}-0~{revno}
lp:crunch
nest-part packaging lp:~altair-ibn-la-ahad/crunch-packaging debian debian
</code>
Thus, you would only need to maintain the "debian/" directory. Even making it a straight source import from Github would allow participation from others. :)

[Andreas Altaïr Redmer (altair-ibn-la-ahad)]

I created the recipe. My ppa contains now always the packaged upstream. Cool feature!

[Robie Basak (racb)]

What's the plan here, please? I see the Debian ITP, but nothing on mentors.debian.net. Are you still trying to get this uploaded via the Debian route? If not, what's the justification for uploading directly to Ubuntu skipping Debian, please?

[Andreas Altaïr Redmer (altair-ibn-la-ahad)]

There is a general problem, that all over the internet are instructions widespread, on how to package for debian and ubuntu. And they are all different. Is this case I have as usual found an open bug in ubuntu and solved it. I'm neither the creator of the upstream nor a user of this software. I just followed one of the online instructions: http://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html as I usually do it.

No I don't intent to upload this to Debian. I also read somewhere (in one of the Debian instruction guides) that mentors.debian.net is outdated and should only be used if a Debian Developer wants it from me.

I've followed the packing guide and provide the software in a PPA so Ubuntu users can easily download and use it. That is my intent.

[Iain Lane (laney)]

Based on comment #11, I'm not sure why the Ubuntu sponsors are subscribed if it's not intended for this package to be reviewed for inclusion in Ubuntu.

I'll unsubscribe them. If you want review for inclusion in the official repositories, please re-subscribe ubuntu-sponsors or (preferred) use mentors.debian.net. I can help you with this if you want; get me on IRC (I'm Laney on #ubuntu-motu on Freenode).

Thanks.

[Andreas Altaïr Redmer (altair-ibn-la-ahad)]

The package is now in Debian.

here is the IPT: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608645

here is the RFS: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751534

For everyone, who needs it and doesn't have a very recent Ubuntu version, you can use the PPA above.