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+NAME
+ muttdelay - A muttdelay project
+
+WTF?
+ You may use this project in order to build your own Debian package for
+ your own project. This has been tested with Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze and
+ Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy.
+
+ Feel free to modify any aspects. This project is just an empty example
+ muttdelay.
+
+ Follow these steps:
+
+ Install required packages
+ Run the following:
+
+ sudo aptitude install lintian devscripts dpkg-dev make perl
+
+ Todo: Ensure this are the correct packages. In order to test that I
+ would have to setup a blank Debian system.
+
+ Compile the project
+ Go to the to level directory and run
+
+ make
+
+ To test run
+
+ ./bin/muttdelay
+
+ It should print out the version number of the project.
+
+ Create a Debian package
+ Go to the to level directory and run
+
+ make deb
+
+ It will create the files like:
+
+ ../muttdelay_0.0.0.0_all.deb
+ ../muttdelay_0.0.0.0.dsc
+ ../muttdelay_0.0.0.0_amd64.changes
+ ../muttdelay_0.0.0.0.tar.gz
+
+ It should create a debian package in ../. Check and install it, e.g:
+
+ lintian --pedantic ../muttdelay_0.0.0.0_all.deb
+ sudo dpkg -i ../muttdelay_0.0.0.0_all.deb
+
+ Run
+
+ dpkg -L muttdelay
+
+ to see whats in there. You can now run
+
+ /usr/bin/muttdelay
+
+ or for example
+
+ man muttdelay
+
+ Read the Makefile
+ Read the Makefile in order to understand what's going on.
+
+Customize
+ Now, since you understood everything feel free to customize everything
+ the way you want it. E.g.:
+
+ Don't use POD for documentation but LaTeX
+
+ Compile a C program
+
+ Include a ./lib dir, add it to the 'install' Makefile rule
+
+ etc etc.
+
+ You should also consider the following:
+
+ Manual page
+ This muttdelay is using POD for creating manual pages. Edit
+ ./docs/muttdelay.pod and run
+
+ make documentation
+
+ in order to build ./docs/muttdelay.1. The page will be included in the
+ resulting debian package automatically. You can review the page with
+
+ man ./docs/muttdelay.1
+
+ Renaming muttdelay into your project name
+ Rename all files which have *muttdelay* included into your own new
+ package name. You can do that with:
+
+ PROJECTNAME=yourproject
+ find . -name \*muttdelay\* |
+ while read muttdelay; do git mv $muttdelay ${muttdelay/muttdelay/$PROJECTNAME}; done
+
+ Search all content and rename *muttdelay* into your own new package name.
+ You can do that with:
+
+ grep -R muttdelay . | grep -v .git |
+ cut -d: -f1 | uniq | xargs sed -i "s/muttdelay/$PROJECTNAME/g"
+
+ Updating ./debian
+ Edit the following files accordingly to your new project (e.g. with
+ vim):
+
+ vim ./debian/{control,copyright,README}
+
+ Update changelog
+ Go to the to level directory and run
+
+ dch -i
+