Board:   [WWIVnet] WWIV Networking
Subject: Re: Filename suggestions (8.3) for WWIV 5?
From:    Xenos #1 @60
To:      Granitepenguin #1 @90
Date:    Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:27

On Monday, June 08, 2020 at 00:27, Granitepenguin wrote:

G>RE: Re: Filename suggestions (8.3) for WWIV 5?
G>BY: Rushfan #1 @513
G>
G>R> Rushfan #1 @513 Sun Jun 7 08:53:43 2020 RE: Re: Filename
G>R> suggestions (8.3) for WWIV 5? BY: Xenos #1 @60
G>R>
G>R>  X> Easy answer. Don't use ZIP for Linux archives. ;)
G>R>  X>
G>R>  X> Use .TGZ for source tarball RPM for RedHat/CentOS  s.
G>R>  X> Use .package DEB for Debian package                s.
G>R>
G>R> Ohhh.. that's hot (and makes an enormous amount of sense).
G>R> Anyone here have experience on making deb and rpm packages?
G>R> Also sounds like I should write this up on the wiki.
G>
G>Hmm.. yeah, that might work, but it's not as simple as just
G>changing the extension.  I've never done a .deb file before,
G>but I've done a few rpm builds.
G>
G>This is a decent overview of the rpm process
G>https://tecadmin.net/create-rpm-of-your-own-script-in-centosredhat/
G>
G>There are a lot more detailed documents out there, obviously, but
G>this is good "bare-bones" starter.  Other things to consider; GPG
G>signing vs not, how much automation to bake in, etc.

I've done .DEB packages before. I wanted to get on the Debian
packagers/maintainers team, but my time got redirected to other things.

The canonical reference for creating .DEB packages would be
https://wiki.debian.org/HowToPackageForDebian. (Not to be confused with
Canonical's. ;) )

A more comprehensive guide on creating a Debian package would be:

https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/debian-packaging.html

I could take a stab at it.

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