Diff for "days7/DebianPackagingSprint"

Debian release to support

sbuild: lenny x86-64: can create 32 & 64 bit arch specific packages, ~12 in total:

• Ubuntu LTS
• last two Ubuntu releases

• >=etch

Make check

• use schroot to run "make check"

Problematic Packages

• ATLAS (atlas-sage-x.y or version bump)
• Python (python-sage-x.y or version bump)
• jmol - potential conflict with gcj in stable (testing an above fine)
• Maxima: copies mgnuplot script to libexec (Maxima is already in Debian)

Changelog

• needs to be kept in sync with SPKG.txt (automated mechanism)
• dch (Debian changelog)

Initially

• webserver for static only content
• set up apt-get repo on $SAGE.MATH
• To set up repo: reprpro + gpg key for signing
• domain: maybe "debian.sagemath.org" or "sagemath.org/debian"

Problem to be solved

• Install location: /usr/share/sage/ - "sage" script in bin does cd and
  • then execute the appropriate sage scipt in /usr/share/sage/

• location of tmp, i.e. TMP, /tmp or /var/tmp, not SAGE_ROOT/tmp

• SAGE_ROOT/ipython - why is it there. What is the content (config files?)

• databases in $SAGE_ROOT/data -> /use/share/sage/data

• spkg directory: gone or moved to sage-dev.deb
• make distclean: remove "*.c", "*.so", "*.os" in /devel/sage/
• content of examples directory: What to do with the code?

• LIB -> lib - Singular related, move to lib/Singular

• text files from $SAGE_ROOT: /usr/share/doc/sage
• create official Sage GPG key to sign packages

Package names

• Comply with Debian policy when possible
• libraries (for example NTL):
  • ntl_5.4.1-1.dsc (the source source package), tarball with debian directory
  • libntl0_5.4.1-1_i386.deb (initial NTL version, i.e. "0", contains shared library)

  • libntl-dev_5.4.1-1_i386.deb (headers & static libraries)

• binary (eclib)
  • eclib_1.0_i386.deb (binaries)
  • libec0_1.0_i386.deb (shared libraries)

  • libec-dev_1.0_i386.deb (headers & static libraries)

• Singular
  • To be determined

Setting up the build system (In Detail)

• Start Debian installer
• Partitioning method: "Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM" - accept defaults and write LVM init to disk
• delete original main LVM volume, create new VG, say with 10GB
• set up accounts for root and users as usual
• update to lenny: edit /etc/apt/source and replace "etch" with "lenny"
• "aptitude update"

• "aptitude dist-upgrade" (wait a while )

• download Tim's script collection from the main Deb packaging page [http://www.sagemath.org:9001/days7/DebianPackagingSprint?action=AttachFile (tarball here for now)], untar ...

• file "packages" contains list of packages needed for the build system

• aptitude install cat packages installs the packages listed in packages

• file "approx.conf.tail": append file to approx.conf - make sure to set a fast mirror, i.e. not the MIT repo
• restart approx service via "/etc/init.d/approx restart"
• edit make-chroot and set $VG to volume group name or export VG

• Now create change roots for various targets using make-chroot: Parameters 1 is SUITE (i.e. lenny), 2 is ARCH (i.e. i386)

• If things go wrong remove lvm group created