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+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) John Baier 2014-2015 <ebusd@johnm.de>
+#
+# This file is part of ebusd.
+#
+# ebusd is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# ebusd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with ebusd. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+
+echo "*************"
+echo " prepare"
+echo "*************"
+echo
+mkdir debian-build
+cd debian-build
+
+echo
+echo "*************"
+echo " checkout"
+echo "*************"
+echo
+git clone https://github.com/john30/ebusd.git || exit 1
+cd ebusd
+find $PWD -name .svn -o -name .gitignore -o -name .git -exec rm -rf \{\} \;
+
+echo
+echo "*************"
+echo " build"
+echo "*************"
+echo
+./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+
+echo
+echo "*************"
+echo " pack"
+echo "*************"
+echo
+mkdir -p release/DEBIAN release/etc/init.d release/etc/ebusd release/etc/logrotate.d release/usr/sbin release/usr/bin || exit 1
+
+cp contrib/etc/init.d/ebusd.debian release/etc/init.d/ebusd || exit 1
+cp contrib/etc/ebusd/* release/etc/ebusd/ || exit 1
+cp contrib/etc/logrotate.d/ebusd release/etc/logrotate.d/ || exit 1
+strip src/ebusd/ebusd || exit 1
+cp src/ebusd/ebusd release/usr/sbin/ || exit 1
+strip src/tools/ebusctl || exit 1
+cp src/tools/ebusctl release/usr/bin/ || exit 1
+cp ChangeLog.md release/DEBIAN/changelog || exit 1
+VERSION=`head -n 1 VERSION`
+
+ARCH=`dpkg --print-architecture`
+cat <<EOF > release/DEBIAN/control
+Package: ebusd
+Version: $VERSION
+Section: net
+Priority: required
+Architecture: $ARCH
+Maintainer: John Baier <ebusd@johnm.de>
+Homepage: https://github.com/john30/ebusd
+Bugs: https://github.com/john30/ebusd/issues
+Depends: libstdc++6, libc6, libgcc1
+Description: eBUS daemon.
+ ebusd is a daemon for handling communication with eBUS devices connected to a
+ 2-wire bus system.
+EOF
+cat <<EOF > release/DEBIAN/dirs
+/etc/ebusd
+/usr/sbin/
+/usr/bin/
+/etc/init.d
+/etc/logrotate.d
+EOF
+
+mv release ebusd-$VERSION || exit 1
+dpkg -b ebusd-$VERSION || exit 1
+mv ebusd-$VERSION.deb ../../ebusd-${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb || exit 1
+
+echo
+echo "*************"
+echo " cleanup"
+echo "*************"
+echo
+cd ../..
+rm -rf debian-build
+
+echo
+echo "Debian package created: ./ebusd-${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb"
+