Comment 11 for bug 954453

On Thu, 07 Jun 2012, Mark Schroeder wrote:

> I'm a developer and at least aware that there is additional
> complexity to wrap a standard "tar" source into an Ubuntu .deb.
> I see these:

> http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/fail2ban (standard, ubuntu wrapped)
> https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban (development)

yes -- correct git url

> patches applied, not sure if I have all the build dependencies, etc.

I don't think there is any build-dependencies besides run dependencies
which is pretty much just python ;)

> And are the Ubuntu patches correct for the development version?

dunno -- I am not tracking them that closely and in Debian I have not
that many patches:

$> quilt series
deb_manpages_reportbug

... and that one could be dropped (it would conflict since I also changed those
manpages in the master branch)

well... what if I simply generate a package for you to try... damn
github refuses to accept my lovely file so here you go:
http://www.onerussian.com/tmp/fail2ban_0.8.6~+git69-gb4099da-1_all.deb
and then gpg signature to verify authenticity
http://www.onerussian.com/tmp/fail2ban_0.8.6~+git69-gb4099da-1_all.deb.asc

no guarantees though... didn't even test it anyhow

I have made it versioned 0.8.6~ (which is before 0.8.6) so it would then
automatically upgraded to 0.8.6 happen you decide to upgrade your system

> If you can confirm the URLs above are the right starting points
> for the development version, and outline the steps to build a
> package .deb for Ubuntu, I'll try it if I have time.
> It will take a while. Polling is working and it isn't a priority
> for me right now.
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