build-dpkg-deb

#!/bin/bash
#

###
### build-dpkg-deb to build standard debian package
###

# check project settings
BASE_PATH="$(dirname ${0})"
if [[ ! -d "${BASE_PATH}/DEBIAN" || ! -f "${BASE_PATH}/DEBIAN/control" ]]
then
  echo "No DEBIAN control folder found!"
  exit 1;
fi

__get_control_value() {
  # $1 = name of Option and Variable
  eval ${1}=$(grep "^${1}:" "${BASE_PATH}/DEBIAN/control" | sed -e "s/^${1}:\s*//")
}

__get_control_value Package
__get_control_value Version
__get_control_value Architecture

DEBNAME="${Package}-${Version}_${Architecture}.deb"

__cleanup() {
  # deactivate cleanup
  trap - 0 1 2 3 6 15 EXIT
  # drop archive files if exist
  for arch_file in debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.xz; do
    rm -f "${BASE_PATH}/${arch_file}"
  done
  # back to stored path
  cd "${CUR_PATH}"
}

# save current location
CUR_PATH=$(pwd)

# get full path info
cd "${BASE_PATH}"
BASE_PATH=$(pwd)

# activate cleanup procedure
trap __cleanup 0 1 2 3 6 15 EXIT

# build deb content manually
echo "2.0" > "${BASE_PATH}/debian-binary"

cd "${BASE_PATH}/DEBIAN"
echo -e "Create control archive ...\c"
tar -czf "${BASE_PATH}/control.tar.gz" .
echo " done"

cd "${BASE_PATH}"
echo -e "Create data archive ... (may take some time) ...\c"
tar -cJf "${BASE_PATH}/data.tar.xz" usr
echo " done"

# build deb package
cd "${BASE_PATH}"
echo -e "Create package ...\c"
ar r "${DEBNAME}" debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.xz
echo " done"

# finished
echo "Package ${DEBNAME} was built."

exit 0