Hi, > My intention is to learn how to build OpenVPN for Debian/Ubuntu from source > and who is better placed to show me the method except you.
A good starting place for learning Debian packaging is this: <https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging> You should also be familiar with sbuild and schroot: <http://sbuild.org/> <https://wiki.debian.org/sbuild> <https://launchpad.net/schroot> Without some basic knowledge of these technologies/tools you won't get very far. So start by reading the above and doing some simpler things like creating a small Debian package manually. If you jump right into sbuild_wrapper and you encounter any problems - which is very likely - you will be ill-equipped to deal with it. Learning all the stuff above will take quite a bit of time, so better be ready for it :). > I have a question for you: What exactly are Debian control files that you had > mentioned in one of your earlier posts? You do not provide a definition of > the term in your guide to the packaging/build system on GitHub. This is explained in the above articles. "Control" files is probably a misnomer, because there's only one "control" file. Perhaps "packaging files" would be a better name. In any case, here they are for Debian Jessie: <https://github.com/mattock/sbuild_wrapper/tree/master/packaging/jessie/debian> Most of the distros I build for have a (slightly) different set of these files. I tend to take whatever is in the distribution's own repository and adapt it slightly, instead of reinventing the wheel. >> If you setup your own sbuild_wrapper instance, I suggest basing it on Debian >> 8 or a very recent Ubuntu version (15.10). This helps avoid issues with >> missing (pre-)build dependencies on the build rig >> itself. > > Would you like to add the above advice to your guide on GitHub? You make too much sense. Added. -- Samuli Seppänen Community Manager OpenVPN Technologies, Inc irc freenode net: mattock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
