Re: Building packages for IPFire 3.x

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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On Mon, 2018-11-26 at 18:16 +0100, Peter Müller wrote:
> Hello Michael,
> > [...]> 
> > > Updating packages and provide some system hardening (kernel, SSH, et al.)
> > > for IPFire 3.x is on my todo list for a long time now. While searching for
> > > further information about how to build packages for this distribution,
> > > I came across https://wiki.ipfire.org/devel/build_package/start .
> > 
> > Yes, that's correct.
> > 
> > > As far as I understood, an instance of IPFire 3.x is needed to build
> > > packages on it; there is no other way documented. Is this correct? What
> > > happened to https://pakfire.ipfire.org/ ?
> > 
> > The webUI is currently offline. I am quite busy with the rest of the
> > infrastructure, but when that is done, this will be next.
> > 
> > You can build packages without this, but you cannot do any scratch builds.
> 
> Okay, thanks for the clarification.
> > 
> > > Further, the *.nm files seem to be somewhat tricky. A quick lookup in the
> > > wiki did not show up any noob documentation. In case the is one available
> > > (man page, etc.), how do I find it?
> > 
> > Have you seen this?
> > 
> >   https://wiki.ipfire.org/devel/pakfire/start
> 
> No, I missed it. But it answers many questions. :-)
> > 
> > Are there any questions you have that are not answered there?
> 
> Currently, no, but I have not started packaging yet. If anything is not clear,
> I will post it here.
> 
> Let's hope 3.x development takes off a bit better...

Sure it does :)

> Thanks, and best regards,
> Peter Müller
> > 
> > Best,
> > -Michael- 
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