On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:43:27 +1000
Ralph Ronnquist <rrq@???> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 01:14:23PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm playing with FreeSwitch and trying to get it to do something it currently
> > doesn't, therefore I need to modify the source code and recompile.
> >
> > I've downloaded the source Debian package and I can build it (so far without
> > modifications, just to check I'm building something that works the same as the
> > standard release).
> >
> > However, this then results in 347 .deb binary packages being left in a
> > directory on my local machine.
> >
> > Looking on a machine where I've done a "standard" installation of the binary
> > package/s, I find that around 120 have been installed (based on the
> > dependencies starting from the "freeswitch-meta-all" package, which is what I
> > told apt to do).
> >
> > So, to install the .deb files I now have on my local machine, "dpkg -i" will
> > install whatever I tell it to, with no consideration about dependencies.
> >
> > "apt" will install packages with their dependencies but (as far as I know) not
> > from files on the local machine - only from some properly-structured repository
> > listed in sources.list
> >
> > So, does anyone know what tool I can use to install "freeswitch-meta-all" and
> > its required dependencies, when those .debs now exist in a directory on my
> > local machine?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> Slightly more verbose: use a soruces.list line like:
>
> deb [trusted=yes] file:/home/ralph/src/devuan/builds ./
>
> You then need to ha a "Packages.gz" file in that directory with the
> control blocks for each of the .deb packages; something like the
> following:
> ----------
> for P in *.deb ; do
> ar p $P control.tar.xz | tar xOJf - ./control
> echo
> done | gzip > Packages.gz
> ----------
>
> Ralph.
>
> >
> >
> > Antony.
> >
> > --
> > My life is going completely according to plan.
> >
> > I do sometimes wish it had been *my* plan, though.
> >

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Hi,
I use this script.

Hope it helps.

Ciao,
Tito

#!/bin/sh
cd /YOURDIR
rm -fr Release
rm -fr Packages
dpkg-scanpackages --hash sha256 --arch amd64 -m . > Packages
apt-ftparchive release . > Release
rm -fr Release.gpg
gpg --default-key YOURKEY --digest-algo SHA256 --armor --output Release.gpg --detach-sign Release
rm -fr InRelease
gpg --default-key YOURKEY --digest-algo SHA256 --clearsign --output InRelease Release
# To sign debs
#dpkg-sig -k YOURKEY --sign repo *.deb
# To check
#dpkg-sig -c *.deb
# to serve with apache
#chown -R www-data.www-data .