switched to using Makefile.PL, though I hate MakeMaker, it seems to make

some sense to use it here.

INSTALL

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 To try alien before installing, just run ./alien from this directory. Most
 features will work prior to installation.
 
-To install alien, become root and type "make install".
+To install alien, become root and type:
+	perl Makefile.PL; make; make install
 
 To use alien, you'll need a variety of other software. See the README for
 details.

Makefile

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# Set this to wherever you want alien to install. Eg, /usr/local or /usr
-PREFIX=/usr
-
-VER=$(shell perl -e '$$_=<>;print m/\((.*?)\)/'<debian/changelog)
-
-all:
-
-clean:
-	-rm build
-	-rm *.bak *.out
-
-install:	
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/bin
-	perl -pe '$$_="\t\$$prefix=\"$(PREFIX)\";" if /PREFIX_AUTOREPLACE/;\
-		$$_="\tmy \$$version_string=\"$(VER)\";" if /VERSION_AUTOREPLACE/' alien \
-		> $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/bin/alien
-	chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/bin/alien
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/share/alien/patches \
-		$(DESTDIR)/var/lib/alien
-	cp -fr lib/* $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/share/alien
-	cp -f patches/* $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/share/alien/patches/
-	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/share/alien/patches/*.gz
-	gzip -qf9 $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/share/alien/patches/*
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
-	cp -f alien.1 $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
-
-# This updates the version number in various files.
-version:
-	@echo Updating version info....
-	perl -i -pe "s/\@version\@/$(VER)/g" <alien.spec.in >alien.spec
-	perl -i -pe "s/\@version\@/$(VER)/g" <alien.lsm.in >alien.lsm
-
-debian:
-	dpkg-buildpackage -tc -rfakeroot
-
-rpm: version
-	install -d /home/joey/src/redhat/SOURCES
-	install -d /home/joey/src/redhat/BUILD
-	install -d /home/joey/src/redhat/SRPMS
-	install -d /home/joey/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch
-	ln -sf /home/ftp/pub/code/debian/alien_$(VER).tar.gz \
-		/home/joey/src/redhat/SOURCES/alien_$(VER).tar.gz
-	fakeroot rpm -ba -v alien.spec --target noarch
-	rm -f /home/joey/src/redhat/SOURCES/alien_$(VER).tar.gz
-	mv /home/joey/src/redhat/SRPMS/* /home/ftp/pub/code/SRPMS
-	mv /home/joey/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/* /home/ftp/pub/code/RPMS/noarch
-	fakeroot rm -rf /home/joey/src/redhat/SOURCES \
-		/home/joey/src/redhat/BUILD \
-		/home/joey/src/redhat/SRPMS \
-		/home/joey/src/redhat/RPMS/
-
-.PHONY: debian

Makefile.PL

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
+use strict;
+
+# Just to make it ignore editor backup files.
+sub MY::libscan {
+	$_ = $_[1];
+
+	return '' if m/\/(RCS|CVS|SCCS)\// || m/[~%]$/ || m/\.(orig|rej)$/;
+	return $_;
+}
+
+# Add a more targets.
+sub MY::postamble {
+	return q{
+
+VER=$(shell perl -e '$$_=<>;print m/\((.*?)\)/'<debian/changelog)
+
+extra_build:
+	perl -i -pe "s/\@version\@/$(VER)/g" <alien.lsm.in >alien.lsm
+
+extra_install:
+	install -d $(PREFIX)/usr/share/alien/patches \
+		   $(PREFIX)/var/lib/alien
+	cp -f patches/*.diff $(PREFIX)/usr/share/alien/patches/
+	-rm -f $(PREFIX)/usr/share/alien/patches/*.gz
+	gzip -qf9 $(PREFIX)/usr/share/alien/patches/*
+
+}
+}
+
+WriteMakefile(
+	'NAME'		=> 'Alien',
+	'EXE_FILES'	=> ['alien'],
+	# Pure evil. Hook into build and install targets
+	'depend'	=> {'all:' => 'extra_build',
+			    'install:' => 'extra_install',
+			    'pure_install:' => 'extra_install'},
+	'clean'		=> {FILES => 'alien.lsm'},
+);

alien.lsm

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Begin3
-Title:		alien
-Version:	6.59
-Entered-date:	31MAR97
-Description:	Alien converts Slackware .tgz packages, Red Hat .rpm packages,
-                Debian .deb packages, and Stampede .slp packages. It can 
-                convert from any of the formats to any other format. It works
-                only on binary packages.
-Keywords:	debian dpkg deb red hat redhat rpm slackware tgz stampede slp convert package
-Author:		joey@kitenet.net
-Primary-site:	sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/utils/package
-		32	alien-6.59.tar.gz
-Copying-policy:	GPL
-End

alien.spec

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-Summary: Install Debian and Slackware Packages with rpm.
-Name: alien
-Packager: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
-Version: 6.59
-Release: 1
-Source: ftp://kitenet.net/pub/code/debian/alien_6.59.tar.gz
-Copyright: GPL
-Group: Utilities/File
-Buildroot: /tmp/alien-6.59.build
-Requires: perl
-
-%description
-Alien allows you to convert Debian, Slackware, and Stampede Packages into Red
-Hat packages, which can be installed with rpm.
-
-It can also convert into Slackware, Debian and Stampede packages.
-
-This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.
-
-%prep
-%setup -n alien
-rm -r /tmp/alien-6.59.build || true
-
-%install
-make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
-chown -R root.root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -not -type d -printf "/%%P\n" > manifest
-
-%files -f manifest
-%doc CHANGES COPYING README alien.lsm

alien.spec.in

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-Summary: Install Debian and Slackware Packages with rpm.
-Name: alien
-Packager: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
-Version: @version@
-Release: 1
-Source: ftp://kitenet.net/pub/code/debian/alien_@version@.tar.gz
-Copyright: GPL
-Group: Utilities/File
-Buildroot: /tmp/alien-@version@.build
-Requires: perl
-
-%description
-Alien allows you to convert Debian, Slackware, and Stampede Packages into Red
-Hat packages, which can be installed with rpm.
-
-It can also convert into Slackware, Debian and Stampede packages.
-
-This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.
-
-%prep
-%setup -n alien
-rm -r /tmp/alien-@version@.build || true
-
-%install
-make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
-chown -R root.root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -not -type d -printf "/%%P\n" > manifest
-
-%files -f manifest
-%doc denbian/changelog COPYING README alien.lsm

debian/changelog

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ alien (6.99) unstable; urgency=low
   * Alien now always cleans up after failed converts, Closes: #62331
   * Alien can now be used to just install a package with no conversion.
     Closes: #53441
+  * Use a Makefile.PL because that seems to make sense, which means lots of
+    the build system had to be changed.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 18:52:41 -0700
 

debian/rules

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
-# Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper. GNU copyright 1997 by Joey Hess.
 
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
@@ -7,29 +6,33 @@
 build: build-stamp
 build-stamp:
 	dh_testdir
-	$(MAKE) version
+	perl Makefile.PL
+	$(MAKE)
 	touch build-stamp
 
 clean:
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 	rm -f build-stamp
+	-$(MAKE) realclean
 	dh_clean
 
-# Build architecture-dependent files here.
 binary-arch: build
-# We have nothing to do by default.
 
-# Build architecture-independent files here.
 binary-indep: build
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
-	dh_clean
+	dh_clean -k
-	$(MAKE) DESTDIR=debian/tmp install
+	$(MAKE) pure_install PREFIX=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/ INSTALLDIRS=perl \
+		INSTALLMAN1DIR=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man1 \
+		INSTALLMAN3DIR=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man3 \
+		INSTALLPRIVLIB=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/perl5 \
+		INSTALLSCRIPT=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/usr/bin \
+		INSTALLARCHLIB=$(shell pwd)/debian/tmp/killme
+	# Who does it make this empty directory? Sigh.
+	rm -rf debian/tmp/killme
 	dh_installdocs README gendiff.txt
 	dh_installexamples
-	dh_installmenu
-	dh_installmanpages
 	dh_installchangelogs
 	dh_compress
 	dh_fixperms
@@ -50,7 +53,8 @@ installhook:
 		ln -sf ../debian/alien_$(VERSION).tar.gz alien.tar.gz
 	fakeroot alien --to-slp /home/joey/debian/public/alien_*.deb
 	mv alien-$(VERSION).slp /home/ftp/pub/code/alien/
-	make rpm
+	fakeroot alien --to-rpm /home/joey/debian/public/alien_*.deb
+	mv alien-$(VERSION)*.rpm /home/ftp/pub/code/alien/
 	ln -s /home/ftp/pub/code/alien/alien-$(VERSION).slp \
 		/home/ftp/pub/code/alien/alien.slp