* Improve the short description.

install scripts may have important output or even be interactive.
  Closes; #425732

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+alien.lsm
+alien.spec

Alien/Package.pm

@@ -306,6 +306,21 @@ the filename of the generated package.
 
 sub build {}
 
+=item incrementrelease
+
+This method should increment the release field of the package by
+the specified number.
+
+=cut
+
+sub incrementrelease {
+	my $this=shift;
+	my $number=shift;
+	$^W=0; # Shut of possible "is not numeric" warning.
+	$this->release($this->release + $number);
+	$^W=1; # Re-enable warnings.
+}
+
 =item DESTROY
 
 When an object is destroyed, it cleans some stuff up. In particular, if the
@@ -431,7 +446,8 @@ sub do {
 	}
 	else {
 		# parent
-		return (waitpid($pid, 0) > 0);
+		my $ret=(waitpid($pid, 0) > 0);
+		return ! $ret || ! $?;
 	}
 }
 

Alien/Package/Deb.pm

@@ -87,8 +87,11 @@ sub install {
 	my $this=shift;
 	my $deb=shift;
 
+	my $v=$Alien::Package::verbose;
+	$Alien::Package::verbose=2;
 	$this->do("dpkg", "--no-force-overwrite", "-i", $deb)
 		or die "Unable to install";
+	$Alien::Package::verbose=$v;
 }
 
 =item test
@@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ sub scan {
 
 =item unpack
 
-Implment the unpack method to unpack a deb file.
+Implement the unpack method to unpack a deb file.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -522,7 +525,7 @@ sub cleantree {
 Set/get package name. 
 
 Always returns the packge name in lowercase with all invalid characters
-returned. The name is however, stored unchanged.
+rmoved. The name is however, stored unchanged.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -578,7 +581,7 @@ sub version {
 	# Make sure the version contains digets.
 	unless (/[0-9]/) {
 		# Drat. Well, add some. dpkg-deb won't work
-		# # on a version w/o numbers!
+		# on a version w/o numbers!
 		return $_."0";
 	}
 	return $_;
@@ -646,10 +649,10 @@ Returns the date, in rfc822 format.
 sub date {
 	my $this=shift;
 
-	my $date=$this->runpipe(1, "822-date");
+	my $date=$this->runpipe(1, "date -R");
 	chomp $date;
 	if (!$date) {
-		die "822-date did not return a valid result. You probably need to install the dpkg-dev debian package";
+		die "date -R did not return a valid result.";
 	}
 
 	return $date;

Alien/Package/Lsb.pm

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ the package.
 
 sub build {
 	my $this=shift;
-	my $buildcmd=shift || 'rpm';
+	my $buildcmd=shift || 'rpmbuild';
 	foreach (split(/:/,$ENV{PATH})) {
 		if (-x "$_/lsb-rpm") {
 			$buildcmd='lsb-rpm';
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ sub build {
 	$this->SUPER::build($buildcmd);
 }
 
+=item incrementrelease
+
+LSB package versions are not changed.
+
+=cut
+
+sub incrementrelease {}
+
 =back
 
 =head1 AUTHOR

Alien/Package/Pkg.pm

@@ -106,8 +106,11 @@ sub install {
 	my $pkg=shift;
 
 	if (-x "/usr/sbin/pkgadd") {
+		my $v=$Alien::Package::verbose;
+		$Alien::Package::verbose=2;
 		$this->do("/usr/sbin/pkgadd", "-d .", "$pkg")
 			or die "Unable to install";
+		$Alien::Package::verbose=$v;
 	}
 	else {
 		die "Sorry, I cannot install the generated .pkg file because /usr/sbin/pkgadd is not present.\n";

Alien/Package/Rpm.pm

@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ sub install {
 	my $this=shift;
 	my $rpm=shift;
 
+	my $v=$Alien::Package::verbose;
+	$Alien::Package::verbose=2;
 	$this->do("rpm -ivh ".(exists $ENV{RPMINSTALLOPT} ? $ENV{RPMINSTALLOPT} : '').$rpm)
 		or die "Unable to install";
+	$Alien::Package::verbose=$v;
 }
 
 =item scan
@@ -448,6 +451,10 @@ are typically shell scripts, but often lack the leading #!/bin/sh
 This can confuse dpkg, so add the #!/bin/sh if it looks like there
 is no shebang magic already in place.
 
+Also, if the rpm is relocatable, the script could refer to
+RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX, which is set by rpm at run time. Deal with this by
+adding code to the script to set RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX.
+
 =cut
 
 # This helper function deals with all the scripts.
@@ -457,9 +464,18 @@ sub _script_helper {
 
 	# set
 	if (@_) {
+		my $prefixcode="";
+		if (defined $this->prefixes) {
+			$prefixcode="RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX=".$this->prefixes."\n";
+			$prefixcode.="export RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX\n";
+		}
+
 		my $value=shift;
 		if (length $value and $value !~ m/^#!\s*\//) {
-			$value="#!/bin/sh\n$value";
+			$value="#!/bin/sh\n$prefixcode$value";
+		}
+		else {
+			$value=~s/\n/\n$prefixcode/s;
 		}
 		$this->{$script} = $value;
 	}

Alien/Package/Slp.pm

@@ -114,8 +114,11 @@ sub install {
 	my $this=shift;
 	my $slp=shift;
 
+	my $v=$Alien::Package::verbose;
+	$Alien::Package::verbose=2;
 	$this->do("slpi", $slp)
 		or die "Unable to install";
+	$Alien::Package::verbose=$v;
 }
 
 =item getfooter

Alien/Package/Tgz.pm

@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@ sub install {
 	my $tgz=shift;
 
 	if (-x "/sbin/installpkg") {
+		my $v=$Alien::Package::verbose;
+		$Alien::Package::verbose=2;
 		$this->do("/sbin/installpkg", "$tgz")
 			or die "Unable to install";
+		$Alien::Package::verbose=$v;
 	}
 	else {
 		die "Sorry, I cannot install the generated .tgz file because /sbin/installpkg is not present. You can use tar to install it yourself.\n"

README

@@ -3,14 +3,7 @@ Please read alien's man page for general documentation.
 Getting alien:
 
   The newest versions of alien are available at the alien home page; drop by
-  http://kitenet.net/programs/alien/
-
-  On metalab and its mirrors, alien is located in the
-  pub/Linux/utils/scripts/ directory.
-
-  You can also get rpm or deb packages of alien: 
-  deb: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/unstable/binary-all/admin/alien_*.deb
-  rpm: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/noarch/alien-*.rpm
+  http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien/
 
 Other things you'll need:
 
@@ -27,8 +20,7 @@ Other things you'll need:
   dpkg, dpkg-dev, and debhelper (version 3 or above) packages, which are
   available on http://packages.debian.org
 
-  To convert to/from stampede packages, you will need bzip2, get it from
-	http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/index.html
+  To convert to/from stampede packages, you will need bzip2.
 
   Attention, Slackware, Red Hat, and Stampede users: Bruce S. Babcock
   <babcock@math.psu.edu> has put together an "alien-extra"
@@ -43,10 +35,6 @@ Other things you'll need:
   The Stampede version is at
   	ftp://ykbsb2.yk.psu.edu/pub/alien/alien-extra.slp
 
-  Solaris users can find pkg's of much of the above software,
-  at http://mah.everybody.org/hacks/os/solaris/ , thanks to Mark
-  A. Hershberger <mah@everybody.org>.
-
 Note:
 
   Alien is really designed to be used to convert from alien file formats to

alien.pl

@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ package format and install it. It also supports LSB packages.
 
 =head1 WARNING
 
-Despite the high version number, B<alien> is still (and will probably always
-be) rather experimental software. It's been under development for many
-years now, but there are still many bugs and limitations.
-
 B<alien> should not be used to replace important system packages, like
 init, libc, or other things that are essential for the functioning of
 your system. Many of these packages are set up differently by the
@@ -54,6 +50,9 @@ No guarantees are made that the generated lsb packages will be fully LSB
 compliant, and it's rather unlikely they will unless you build them in the
 lsbdev environment.
 
+Note that unlike other package formats, converting an LSB package to
+another format will not cause its minor version number to be changed.
+
 =item deb
 
 For converting to (but not from) deb format, the gcc, make, debhelper,
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ Note that without an argument, this displays the version of B<alien> instead.
 =item B<-c>, B<--scripts>
 
 Try to convert the scripts that are meant to be run when the
-package is installed and removed. Use this with caution, becuase these
+package is installed and removed. Use this with caution, because these
 scripts might be designed to work on a system unlike your own, and could
 cause problems. It is recommended that you examine the scripts by hand
 and check to see what they do before using this option.
@@ -462,9 +461,7 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
 
 	# Increment release.
 	unless (defined $keepversion) {
-		$^W=0; # Shut of possible "is not numeric" warning.
-		$package->release($package->release + $versionbump);
-		$^W=1; # Re-enable warnings.
+		$package->incrementrelease($versionbump);
 	}
 	
 	foreach my $format (keys %destformats) {

alien.spec.in

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Packager: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
 Version: @version@
 Release: 1
 Source: ftp://kitenet.net/pub/code/debian/alien_@version@.tar.gz
-Copyright: GPL
+License: GPL
 Group: Utilities/File
 Buildroot: /tmp/alien-@version@.build
 Requires: perl

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,43 @@
+alien (8.69) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Alien's repository has moved from subversion to git.
+  * Minor improvement to debian/rules clean.
+  * Improve the short description.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:27:53 -0400
+
+alien (8.68) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Show output of installation of package with -i, since some packages
+    install scripts may have important output or even be interactive.
+    Closes: #425732
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 24 May 2007 14:08:39 -0400
+
+alien (8.67) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Update the url to the web page, and remove several other broken urls from
+    the README.
+  * Correct a bug that caused alien to ignore failing commands. Closes: #424858
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 17 May 2007 13:34:36 -0400
+
+alien (8.66) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Use date -R as 822-date will soon be deprecated.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:45:24 -0400
+
+alien (8.65) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Fix alien's own spec file, s/Copyright/License/.
+  * Add support for rpm scripts that use RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX, by setting
+    RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX as part of the converted script. Closes: #400863
+  * When converting LSB packages, do not increment the release number.
+  * Use rpmbuild to build lsb packages, not rpm, if lsb-rpm is not available.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:46:38 -0500
+
 alien (8.64) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Minor improvement to usage message as reported in [some random blog

debian/control

@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4), dpkg-dev (>= 1.9.0)
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
-Standards-Version: 3.6.2
+Standards-Version: 3.7.2
+Vcs-Git: git://git.kitenet.net/alien
 
 Package: alien
 Architecture: all
 Section: admin
 Depends: debhelper (>= 3), ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make, cpio
 Suggests: patch, bzip2, lsb-rpm, lintian
-Description: install non-native packages with dpkg
+Description: convert and install rpm and other packages
  Alien allows you to convert LSB, Red Hat, Stampede and Slackware Packages
  into Debian packages, which can be installed with dpkg.
  .

debian/copyright

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This program is now maintained by Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>.
 Copyright 1996, 1997 Christoph Lameter
 Portions copyright 1997 Randolph Chung
 Portions copyright 2001 Mark A. Hershberger
-Copyright 1997-2005 Joey Hess
+Copyright 1997-2007 Joey Hess
 
 License:
 

debian/rules

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ clean:
 	dh_testroot
 	rm -f build-stamp
 	perl Makefile.PL
-	-$(MAKE) realclean
+	if [ -e Makefile ]; then $(MAKE) realclean; fi
 	dh_clean
 
 binary-arch: build
@@ -39,15 +39,9 @@ binary-indep: build
 	dh_md5sums
 	dh_builddeb
 
-VERSION=$(shell expr "`dpkg-parsechangelog 2>/dev/null |grep Version:`" : '.*Version: \(.*\)')
-
-# Update the web page. Not intended for use by anyone except the author.
-DIR=/home/web/kitenet.net/programs/alien
-installhook:
-	cp debian/changelog $(DIR)/CHANGES
-	echo -n $(VERSION) > $(DIR)/LATEST-VERSION-IS
-	rm -f $(DIR)/*.tar.gz
-	ln -sf /home/joey/lib/debian/unstable/alien_$(VERSION).tar.gz $(DIR)
+# Not intended for use by anyone except the author.
+announcedir:
+	@echo ${HOME}/src/joeywiki/code/alien/news
 
 binary: binary-indep binary-arch
 .PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary