Packager

Create the following file:

package "foo" do
  version "0.0.1"
  type "deb"
  
  file {
    source "/some/place/in/filesystem"
    dest "/some/place/to/put/it"
  }

  files {
    source "/some/bunch/of/files/*"
    dest "/some/other/place"
  }
end

Invoke the associated packager script as follows:

$ packager execute <filename>

You now have foo-0.0.1.x86_64.deb with several files in it wherever you invoked packager.

You can pass in the following options to the packager:

This is a boolean that, if set, will do everything up to, but not including, invoking fpm.

This will set helpers that can be used within the DSL. The example will set the helper pkg_name to "foo" and the helper pkg_version to "0.0.1".

Due to how Thor works, you must pass multiple variables at the same time. As shown above, Thor requires keys and values to be joined by a colon (":").

Consider providing helpers for the following:

• Package version
• A root directory (so that your source files can be relative to something)
• Package type (you may want to build a deb vs. an rpm at different times)

• package
  • name String
  • type String
  • version VersionString
  • file / files
    • source String
    • dest String
  • link / links
    • source String
    • dest String
    • link Boolean
  • requires Array[String]
  • provides Array[String]
  • before_install Array[String]

If link is true in your file, then a symbolic link will be created instead of a file being copied.