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--- public:techstuff:packaging:transmission [2012/12/29 08:52] – created nathan
+++ public:techstuff:packaging:transmission [2020/04/25 13:05] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Transmission ======
-  * apt-get -t <release> source transmission
+===== Dependencies =====
-  * uscan --verbose
-  * cd transmission-<version>
+==== Build deb ====
-  * dch -e
-  * debuild -i -us -uc -S
+  * Go to http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/transmission-daemon
-  * cd ..
+  * Copy the link to the dsc file from the right hand side
-  * pbuilder-dist squeeze build transmission_<version>.dsc
+  * use dget to fetch the sources
+  dget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/transmission/transmission_2.52-3+nmu1.dsc
+  * Update the sources. This uses the debian/watch file to update the sources.
+  uscan --verbose
+  Note: Currently the watch file (debian/watch) is limited to bz2, however transmission has moved to the xz extension. Modify the url to use the xz extension to get the latest build.
+  Note: At this point you probably want to remove the patches in debian/patches/*.patch and update the series file as these patches will probably already exist in the upstream version (and probably no longer apply anyway).
+  * Build the dsc file so we can use pbuilder
+  debuild -i -us -uc -S
+==== libevent ====
+  * Use this command to list the package for each version of debian.
+  rmadison libevent
+  * At the moment libevent from backports is a new enough version so we'll just grab those straight into our repo. We need libevent-dev which depends on all of libevent, so we need those packages too.
+  cd /scratch/pbuilder/repo/
+  apt-get download libevent-dev=2.0.16-stable-1~bpo60+1
+  apt-get download libevent-2.0.5=2.0.16-stable-1~bpo60+1
+  apt-get download libevent-core-2.0-5=2.0.16-stable-1~bpo60+1
+  * Update the repo.
+  cd /scratch/pbuilder/repo/
+  apt-ftparchive packages . > Packages
+  * Note the package version from the Packages file.
+  less Packages
+  * In our case libevent-2.0-5=2.0.16-stable-1~bpo60+1
+===== Build deb =====
+  * First check the available versions.
+  rmadison transmission
+  * To make life easier we'll grab the squeeze package and update it rather than backport a sid package.
+  apt-get source transmission=2.03-2
+  * Update the sources. This uses the debian/watch file to update the sources.
+  uscan --verbose
+  * First we need to update the dependencies. Edit debian/control to reflect the new version of libevent from earlier.
+  cd transmission-<version>
+  vim debian/control
+  * Add a changelog entry for the new upstream version.
+  dch -e
+  * Build the dsc file so we can use pbuilder
+  debuild -i -us -uc -S
+  * Jump back up a directory and get pbuilder to build the deb.
+  cd ..
+  pbuilder-dist wheezy build transmission_<version>.dsc
+===== Troubleshooting =====
+  * You may need to remove patches that have since been upstreamed when you update the code.

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