Kyle Cordes wrote: > Eric Gerlach wrote: > >> As a point of reference, it took about 2-3 weeks for 0.24.7 to get packaged. >> You'll have to get it from the experimental repository, though. > > It's not hard to whip up your own package though, if you don't mind it > being a bit ugly: > > > Grab the Puppet source. > > Grab the .diff from the 0.24.7 debian package > > Apply the .diff > > Fix any conflicts from the .diff > > Make any changes you want (like removing the potentially toxic "-w 0") > > Hack up the debian/* files a bit, adding a changelog entry to get the > right version # in place. > > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot > > > The difference between this, and what a real maintainer does, is that a > real maintainer has a deep understanding of how the package at hand fits > together with the rest of the Debian world, and makes additional changes > (and performs additional testing etc.) to "Debianize" the package more. >
I didn't have to download any diffs. Here's what I did: 1. Grab the source tarballs for 0.24.7 and 0.24.8. Untar the 0.24.7 tarball and then rename the tarball to 0.24.7.orig.tar.gz 2. Grab the debian directory for 0.24.7 from git (git clone git://git.debian.org/git/pkg-puppet/puppet.git) and put it in the 0.24.7 source tree. 3. cd in to the 0.24.7 source tree, and do a dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot 4. run 'uupdate -u puppet-0.24.8.tgz', and then cd into the newly created 0.24.8 source tree 5. tweak the debian/control and sub root's name for yours, and run dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot again to create the 0.24.8 package. I just did this yesterday, so it's fresh in my mind. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
