Updated readme, fixes #10

Buildroot in spec file doesn't support spaces in some RPM versions
(ALT Linux). Removed it from spec since --buildroot is already passed
on command line. Also quoted cd argument.

.gitattributes

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-debian/changelog merge=dpkg-mergechangelogs

.gitignore

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

Alien/Package.pm

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The package's maintainer.
 
 =item depends
 
-The package's dependancies. Only dependencies that should exist on all
+The package's dependencies. Only dependencies that should exist on all
 target distributions can be put in here though (ie: lsb).
 
 =item group
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ sub install {
 =item test
 
 Test a package file. The filename is passed, should return an array of lines
-of test results. Child classses may implement this.
+of test results. Child classes may implement this.
 
 =cut
 

Alien/Package/Deb.pm

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Alien::Package::Deb - an object that represents a deb package
 package Alien::Package::Deb;
 use strict;
 use base qw(Alien::Package);
+use List::Util qw(first);
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ Alien::Package.
 
 Set to a true value if dpkg-deb is available. 
 
+=item deb_member_list
+
+Set to the list of member names in the deb package.
+
 =item dirtrans
 
 After the build stage, set to a hash reference of the directories we moved
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ sub init {
 
 =item checkfile
 
-Detect deb files by their extention.
+Detect deb files by their extension.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -117,6 +122,26 @@ sub test {
 	}
 }
 
+=item get_deb_member_list
+
+Helper method. Pass it the name of the deb and it will return the list of
+ar members.
+
+=cut
+
+sub get_deb_member_list {
+	my $this=shift;
+	my $file=$this->filename;
+	my $members=$this->deb_member_list;
+
+	unless (defined $members) {
+		$members = [ map { chomp; $_ } $this->runpipe(1, "ar -t '$file'") ];
+		$this->deb_member_list($members);
+	}
+
+	return @{$members};
+}
+
 =item getcontrolfile
 
 Helper method. Pass it the name of a control file, and it will pull it out
@@ -142,11 +167,62 @@ sub getcontrolfile {
 				" tar xf - './$file' &&".
 				" cat '$file'; cd /; rm -rf /tmp/tar_out.$$)";
 		}
-		my $getcontrol = "ar -p '$file' control.tar.gz | gzip -dc | ".tar_out($controlfile)." 2>/dev/null";
+		my $controlcomp;
+		my $controlmember = first { /^control\.tar/ }
+				    $this->get_deb_member_list;
+		if (! defined $controlmember) {
+			die 'Cannot find control member!';
+		} elsif ($controlmember eq 'control.tar.gz') {
+			$controlcomp = 'gzip -dc';
+		} elsif ($controlmember eq 'control.tar.xz') {
+			$controlcomp = 'xz -dc';
+		} elsif ($controlmember eq 'control.tar.zst') {
+			$controlcomp = 'zstd -dc';
+		} elsif ($controlmember eq 'control.tar') {
+			$controlcomp = 'cat';
+		} else {
+			die 'Unknown control member!';
+		}
+		my $getcontrol = "ar -p '$file' $controlmember | $controlcomp | ".tar_out($controlfile)." 2>/dev/null";
 		return $this->runpipe(1, $getcontrol);
 	}
 }
 
+=item get_datamember_cmd
+
+Helper method. Pass it the name of the deb and it will return the raw
+command needed to extract the data.tar member.
+
+=cut
+
+sub get_datamember_cmd {
+	my $this=shift;
+	my $file=$this->filename;
+
+	my $datacomp;
+	my $datamember = first { /^data\.tar/ }
+			 $this->get_deb_member_list;
+	if (! defined $datamember) {
+		die 'Cannot find data member!';
+	} elsif ($datamember eq 'data.tar.gz') {
+		$datacomp = 'gzip -dc';
+	} elsif ($datamember eq 'data.tar.bz2') {
+		$datacomp = 'bzip2 -dc';
+	} elsif ($datamember eq 'data.tar.xz') {
+		$datacomp = 'xz -dc';
+	} elsif ($datamember eq 'data.tar.lzma') {
+		$datacomp = 'xz -dc';
+	} elsif ($datamember eq 'data.tar.zst') {
+		$datacomp = 'zstd -dc';
+	} elsif ($datamember eq 'data.tar') {
+		$datacomp = 'cat';
+	} else {
+		die 'Unknown data member!';
+	}
+
+	return "ar -p '$file' $datamember | $datacomp";
+}
+
 =item scan
 
 Implement the scan method to read a deb file.
@@ -178,19 +254,27 @@ sub scan {
 	for (my $i=0; $i <= $#control; $i++) {
 		$_ = $control[$i];
 		chomp;
-		if (/^(\w.*?):\s+(.*)/) {
+		if (/^(\w.*?):\s*(.*)/) {
 			# Really old debs might have oddly capitalized
 			# field names.
 			$field=ucfirst(lc($1));
 			if (exists $fieldtrans{$field}) {
 				$field=$fieldtrans{$field};
-				$this->$field($2);
+				my $value = $2;
+				# Only set field if value is non-empty.
+				# For Description, empty first line means
+				# the actual text starts on next line.
+				$this->$field($value) if length $value;
 			}
 		}
 		elsif (/^ / && $field eq 'summary') {
 			# Handle extended description.
 			s/^ //g;
 			$_="" if $_ eq ".";
+			# If summary is empty, use first line of extended description
+			if (!defined $this->summary || !length $this->summary) {
+				$this->summary($_);
+			}
 			$description.="$_\n";
 		}
 	}
@@ -209,15 +293,15 @@ sub scan {
 
 	# Read in the list of all files.
 	# Note that tar doesn't supply a leading '/', so we have to add that.
-	my @filelist;
+	my $datamember_cmd;
 	if ($this->have_dpkg_deb) {
-		@filelist=map { chomp; s:\./::; "/$_" }
+		$datamember_cmd = "dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile '$file'";
-			  $this->runpipe(0, "dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile '$file' | tar tf -");
 	}
 	else {
-		@filelist=map { chomp; s:\./::; "/$_" }
+		$datamember_cmd = $this->get_datamember_cmd($file);
-			  $this->runpipe(0, "ar -p '$file' data.tar.gz | gzip -dc | tar tf -");
 	}
+	my @filelist=map { chomp; s:\./::; "/$_" }
+		     $this->runpipe(0, "$datamember_cmd | tar tf -");
 	$this->filelist(\@filelist);
 
 	# Read in the scripts, if any.
@@ -244,7 +328,9 @@ sub unpack {
 			or die "Unpacking of '$file' failed: $!";
 	}
 	else {
-		$this->do("ar -p $file data.tar.gz | gzip -dc | (cd ".$this->unpacked_tree."; tar xpf -)")
+		my $datamember_cmd = $this->get_datamember_cmd($file);
+
+		$this->do("$datamember_cmd | (cd ".$this->unpacked_tree."; tar xpf -)")
 			or die "Unpacking of '$file' failed: $!";
 	}
 
@@ -385,7 +471,7 @@ sub prep {
 
 	# Use debhelper v7
 	open (OUT, ">$dir/debian/compat") || die "$dir/debian/compat: $!";
-	print OUT "7\n";
+	print OUT "10\n";
 	close OUT;
 
 	# A minimal rules file.
@@ -397,64 +483,54 @@ sub prep {
 
 PACKAGE=\$(shell dh_listpackages)
 
-build:
+%:
-	dh_testdir
+	dh \$\@
 
-clean:
+override_dh_clean:
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
 	dh_clean -d
 
-binary-indep: build
+override_dh_auto_configure:
 
-binary-arch: build
+override_dh_auto_build:
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_prep
-	dh_installdirs
-
-	dh_installdocs
-	dh_installchangelogs
 
+override_dh_auto_install:
+	mkdir -p debian/\$(PACKAGE)
 	# Copy the packages's files.
 	find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -not -name debian -print0 | \\
-		xargs -0 -r -i cp -a {} debian/\$(PACKAGE)
+		sed -e s#'./'##g | \\
-
+		xargs -0 -r -i cp -a ./{} debian/\$(PACKAGE)/{}
 #
 # If you need to move files around in debian/\$(PACKAGE) or do some
 # binary patching, do it here
 #
 
-
+override_dh_strip:
 # This has been known to break on some wacky binaries.
 	#	dh_strip
-	dh_compress
-$fixpermscomment	dh_fixperms
-	dh_makeshlibs
-	dh_installdeb
-	-dh_shlibdeps
-	dh_gencontrol
-	dh_md5sums
-	dh_builddeb
 
-binary: binary-indep binary-arch
+override_dh_usrlocal:
-.PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary
+	-dh_usrlocal || printf "Your package seems to be installing files into /usr/local/, which could be buggy. Will continue anyway.\\n"
+
+override_dh_fixperms:
+$fixpermscomment	dh_fixperms
+
+override_dh_shlibdeps:
+	-dh_shlibdeps
+
 EOF
 	close OUT;
 	$this->do("chmod", 755, "$dir/debian/rules");
 
-	# Save any scripts.
 	if ($this->usescripts) {
 		foreach my $script (qw{postinst postrm preinst prerm}) {
-			my $data=$this->$script();
+			$this->savescript($script, $this->$script());
-			next unless defined $data;
-			next if $data =~ m/^\s*$/;
-			open (OUT,">$dir/debian/$script") ||
-				die "$dir/debian/$script: $!";
-			print OUT $data;
-			close OUT;
 		}
 	}
+	else {
+		# There may be a postinst with permissions fixups even when
+		# scripts are disabled.
+		$this->savescript("postinst", undef);
+	}
 	
 	my %dirtrans=( # Note: no trailing slashes on these directory names!
 		# Move files to FHS-compliant locations, if possible.
@@ -542,7 +618,7 @@ sub cleantree {
 
 Set/get package name. 
 
-Always returns the packge name in lowercase with all invalid characters
+Always returns the package name in lowercase with all invalid characters
 rmoved. The name is however, stored unchanged.
 
 =cut
@@ -596,14 +672,13 @@ sub version {
 	# get
 	return unless defined wantarray; # optimization
 	$_=$this->{version};
+	# Make sure the version contains a digit at the start, as required
+	# by dpkg-deb.
+	unless (/^[0-9]/) {
+		$_="0".$_;
+	}
 	# filter out some characters not allowed in debian versions
 	s/[^-.+~:A-Za-z0-9]//g; # see lib/dpkg/parsehelp.c parseversion
-	# Make sure the version contains digets.
-	unless (/[0-9]/) {
-		# Drat. Well, add some. dpkg-deb won't work
-		# on a version w/o numbers!
-		return $_."0";
-	}
 	return $_;
 }
 
@@ -729,30 +804,50 @@ sub username {
 	return $username;
 }
 
-=item postinst
+=item savescript
 
-Returns the postinst. This may include generated shell code to set owners
+Saves script to debian directory.
-and groups from the owninfo field, and update modes from the modeinfo field.
 
 =cut
 
-sub postinst {
+sub savescript {
 	my $this=shift;
+	my $script=shift;
+	my $data=shift;
 
-	if (@_) {
+	if ($script eq 'postinst') {
-		$this->{postinst}=shift;
+		$data=$this->gen_postinst($data);
 	}
 
+	my $dir=$this->unpacked_tree;
+
+	return unless defined $data;
+	next if $data =~ m/^\s*$/;
+	open (OUT,">$dir/debian/$script") ||
+		die "$dir/debian/$script: $!";
+	print OUT $data;
+	close OUT;
+}
+
+=item gen_postinst
+
+Modifies or creates a postinst. This may include generated shell code to set
+owners and groups from the owninfo field, and update modes from the modeinfo
+field.
+
+=cut
+
+sub gen_postinst {
+	my $this=shift;
+	my $postinst=shift;
+
 	my $owninfo = $this->owninfo;
 	my $modeinfo = $this->modeinfo;
-	my $postinst = $this->{postinst};
+	return $postinst unless ref $owninfo && %$owninfo;
-	return $postinst unless ref $owninfo;
 
 	# If there is no postinst, let's make one up..
 	$postinst="#!/bin/sh\n" unless defined $postinst && length $postinst;
 	
-	return $postinst unless %$owninfo;
-	
 	my ($firstline, $rest)=split(/\n/, $postinst, 2);
 	if ($firstline !~ m/^#!\s*\/bin\/(ba)?sh/) {
 		print STDERR "warning: unable to add ownership fixup code to postinst as the postinst is not a shell script!\n";

Alien/Package/Lsb.pm

@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ sub revert {
 
 =item build
 
-Uses the parent's build method. If a lsb-rpm is available, uses it to build
+Uses the parent's build method. If a lsb-rpmbuild is available, uses it to
-the package.
+build the package.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ sub build {
 	my $this=shift;
 	my $buildcmd=shift || 'rpmbuild';
 	foreach (split(/:/,$ENV{PATH})) {
-		if (-x "$_/lsb-rpm") {
+		if (-x "$_/lsb-rpmbuild") {
-			$buildcmd='lsb-rpm';
+			$buildcmd='lsb-rpmbuild';
 			last;
 		}
 	}

Alien/Package/Rpm.pm

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Alien::Package::Rpm - an object that represents a rpm package
 
 package Alien::Package::Rpm;
 use strict;
-use base qw(Alien::Package);
+use Exporter qw(import);
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw(arch);
+use base qw(Alien::Package Exporter);
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ Relocatable rpm packages have a prefixes field.
 
 =item checkfile
 
-Detect rpm files by their extention.
+Detect rpm files by their extension.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ sub checkfile {
 
 =item install
 
-Install a rpm. If RPMINSTALLOPT is set in the environement, the options in
+Install a rpm. If RPMINSTALLOPT is set in the environment, the options in
 it are passed to rpm on its command line.
 
 =cut
@@ -161,11 +163,11 @@ sub unpack {
 	
 	# Check if we need to use lzma to uncompress the cpio archive
 	my $decomp='';
-	if ($this->do("rpm2cpio ".$this->filename." | lzma -t -q > /dev/null 2>&1")) {
+	if ($this->do("rpm2cpio '".$this->filename."' | lzma -t -q > /dev/null 2>&1")) {
 		$decomp = 'lzma -d -q |';
 	}
 
-	$this->do("rpm2cpio ".$this->filename." | (cd $workdir; $decomp cpio --extract --make-directories --no-absolute-filenames --preserve-modification-time) 2>&1")
+	$this->do("rpm2cpio '".$this->filename."' | (cd $workdir; $decomp cpio --extract --make-directories --no-absolute-filenames --preserve-modification-time) 2>&1")
 		or die "Unpacking of '".$this->filename."' failed";
 	
 	# cpio does not necessarily store all parent directories in an
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ sub unpack {
 	# Find those directories and make them mode 755, which is more
 	# reasonable.
 	my %seenfiles;
-	open (RPMLIST, "rpm2cpio ".$this->filename." | $decomp cpio -it --quiet |")
+	open (RPMLIST, "rpm2cpio '".$this->filename."' | $decomp cpio -it --quiet |")
 		or die "File list of '".$this->filename."' failed";
 	while (<RPMLIST>) {
 		chomp;
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ sub unpack {
 	foreach my $file (`cd $workdir; find ./`) {
 		chomp $file;
 		if (! $seenfiles{$file} && -d "$workdir/$file" && ! -l "$workdir/$file") {
-			$this->do("chmod 755 $workdir/$file");
+			$this->do("chmod 755 '$workdir/$file'");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ sub unpack {
 	# postinst.
 	my %owninfo = ();
 	my %modeinfo = ();
-	open (GETPERMS, 'rpm --queryformat \'[%{FILEMODES} %{FILEUSERNAME} %{FILEGROUPNAME} %{FILENAMES}\n]\' -qp '.$this->filename.' |');
+	open (GETPERMS, 'rpm --queryformat \'[%{FILEMODES} %{FILEUSERNAME} %{FILEGROUPNAME} %{FILENAMES}\n]\' -qp \''.$this->filename.'\' |');
 	while (<GETPERMS>) {
 		chomp;
 		my ($mode, $owner, $group, $file) = split(/ /, $_, 4);
@@ -302,10 +304,142 @@ sub prep {
 	my $this=shift;
 	my $dir=$this->unpacked_tree || die "The package must be unpacked first!";
 
+	# Exclude standard system directories
+	# This list is adapted from the rpmlint source code
+	my @standard_dirs = (
+		"/",
+		"/bin/",
+		"/boot/",
+		"/etc/",
+		"/etc/X11/",
+		"/etc/opt/",
+		"/etc/profile.d/",
+		"/etc/skel/",
+		"/etc/xinetd.d/",
+		"/home/",
+		"/lib/",
+		"/lib/modules/",
+		"/lib64/",
+		"/media/",
+		"/mnt/",
+		"/mnt/cdrom/",
+		"/mnt/disk/",
+		"/mnt/floppy/",
+		"/opt/",
+		"/proc/",
+		"/root/",
+		"/run/",
+		"/sbin/",
+		"/selinux/",
+		"/srv/",
+		"/sys/",
+		"/tmp/",
+		"/usr/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/bin/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/doc/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/include/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/lib/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/lib64/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/man/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/man/man1/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/man/man2/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/man/man3/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/man/man4/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/man/man5/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/man/man6/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/man/man7/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/man/man8/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/man/man9/",
+		"/usr/X11R6/man/mann/",
+		"/usr/bin/",
+		"/usr/bin/X11/",
+		"/usr/etc/",
+		"/usr/games/",
+		"/usr/include/",
+		"/usr/lib/",
+		"/usr/lib/X11/",
+		"/usr/lib/games/",
+		"/usr/lib/gcc-lib/",
+		"/usr/lib/menu/",
+		"/usr/lib64/",
+		"/usr/lib64/gcc-lib/",
+		"/usr/local/",
+		"/usr/local/bin/",
+		"/usr/local/doc/",
+		"/usr/local/etc/",
+		"/usr/local/games/",
+		"/usr/local/info/",
+		"/usr/local/lib/",
+		"/usr/local/lib64/",
+		"/usr/local/man/",
+		"/usr/local/man/man1/",
+		"/usr/local/man/man2/",
+		"/usr/local/man/man3/",
+		"/usr/local/man/man4/",
+		"/usr/local/man/man5/",
+		"/usr/local/man/man6/",
+		"/usr/local/man/man7/",
+		"/usr/local/man/man8/",
+		"/usr/local/man/man9/",
+		"/usr/local/man/mann/",
+		"/usr/local/sbin/",
+		"/usr/local/share/",
+		"/usr/local/share/man/",
+		"/usr/local/share/man/man1/",
+		"/usr/local/share/man/man2/",
+		"/usr/local/share/man/man3/",
+		"/usr/local/share/man/man4/",
+		"/usr/local/share/man/man5/",
+		"/usr/local/share/man/man6/",
+		"/usr/local/share/man/man7/",
+		"/usr/local/share/man/man8/",
+		"/usr/local/share/man/man9/",
+		"/usr/local/share/man/mann/",
+		"/usr/local/src/",
+		"/usr/sbin/",
+		"/usr/share/",
+		"/usr/share/dict/",
+		"/usr/share/doc/",
+		"/usr/share/icons/",
+		"/usr/share/info/",
+		"/usr/share/man/",
+		"/usr/share/man/man1/",
+		"/usr/share/man/man2/",
+		"/usr/share/man/man3/",
+		"/usr/share/man/man4/",
+		"/usr/share/man/man5/",
+		"/usr/share/man/man6/",
+		"/usr/share/man/man7/",
+		"/usr/share/man/man8/",
+		"/usr/share/man/man9/",
+		"/usr/share/man/mann/",
+		"/usr/share/misc/",
+		"/usr/src/",
+		"/usr/tmp/",
+		"/var/",
+		"/var/cache/",
+		"/var/db/",
+		"/var/lib/",
+		"/var/lib/games/",
+		"/var/lib/misc/",
+		"/var/lib/rpm/",
+		"/var/local/",
+		"/var/log/",
+		"/var/mail/",
+		"/var/nis/",
+		"/var/opt/",
+		"/var/preserve/",
+		"/var/spool/",
+		"/var/spool/mail/",
+		"/var/tmp/"
+		);
+
 	# Place %config in front of files that are conffiles.
 	my @conffiles = @{$this->conffiles};
 	my $filelist;
 	foreach my $fn (@{$this->filelist}) {
+		if (! grep(m:^\Q$fn\E$:,@standard_dirs)) {
 			# Unquote any escaped characters in filenames - needed for
 			# non ascii characters. (eg. iso_8859-1 latin set)
 			if ($fn =~ /\\/) {
@@ -324,13 +458,13 @@ sub prep {
 				$filelist.=qq{"$fn"\n};
 			}
 		}
+	}
 
 	# Write out the spec file.
 	my $spec="$dir/".$this->name."-".$this->version."-".$this->release.".spec";
 	open (OUT, ">$spec") || die "$spec: $!";
-	my $pwd=`pwd`;
+	# Note: Buildroot is passed via --buildroot command line option
-	chomp $pwd;
+	# to handle paths with spaces correctly
-	print OUT "Buildroot: $pwd/$dir\n"; # must be absolute dirname
 	print OUT "Name: ".$this->name."\n";
 	print OUT "Version: ".$this->version."\n";
 	print OUT "Release: ".$this->release."\n";
@@ -348,22 +482,22 @@ sub prep {
 	if ($this->usescripts) {
 		if ($this->preinst) {
 			print OUT "\%pre\n";
-			print OUT $this->preinst."\n";
+			print OUT escape_percents($this->preinst)."\n";
 			print OUT "\n";
 		}
 		if ($this->postinst) {
 			print OUT "\%post\n";
-			print OUT $this->postinst."\n";
+			print OUT escape_percents($this->postinst)."\n";
 			print OUT "\n";
 		}
 		if ($this->prerm) {
 			print OUT "\%preun\n";
-			print OUT $this->prerm."\n";
+			print OUT escape_percents($this->prerm)."\n";
 			print OUT "\n";
 		}
 		if ($this->postrm) {
 			print OUT "\%postun\n";
-			print OUT $this->postrm."\n";
+			print OUT escape_percents($this->postrm)."\n";
 			print OUT "\n";
 		}
 	}
@@ -392,7 +526,7 @@ sub cleantree {
 
 =item build
 
-Build a rpm. If RPMBUILDOPT is set in the environement, the options in
+Build a rpm. If RPMBUILDOPT is set in the environment, the options in
 it are passed to rpm on its command line.
 
 An optional parameter, if passed, can be used to specify the program to use
@@ -439,7 +573,7 @@ sub build {
 	$opts.=" $ENV{RPMBUILDOPT}" if exists $ENV{RPMBUILDOPT};
 	my $pwd=`pwd`;
 	chomp $pwd;
-	my $command="cd $dir; $buildcmd --buildroot='$pwd/$dir' -bb $opts '".$this->name."-".$this->version."-".$this->release.".spec'";
+	my $command="cd '$dir'; $buildcmd --buildroot='$pwd/$dir' -bb $opts '".$this->name."-".$this->version."-".$this->release.".spec'";
 	my $log=$this->runpipe(1, "$command 2>&1");
 	if ($?) {
 		die "Package build failed. Here's the log of the command ($command):\n", $log;
@@ -479,7 +613,7 @@ sub version {
 
 Set/get script fields.
 
-When retrieving a value, we have to do some truely sick mangling. Since
+When retrieving a value, we have to do some truly sick mangling. Since
 debian/slackware scripts can be anything -- perl programs or binary files
 -- and rpm is limited to only shell scripts, we need to encode the files
 and add a scrap of shell script to make it unextract and run on the fly.
@@ -524,6 +658,7 @@ sub _script_helper {
 		$this->{$script} = $value;
 	}
 	$this->{$script} = shift if @_;
+	return $this->{$script};
 
 	# get
 	return unless defined wantarray; # optimization
@@ -559,12 +694,17 @@ sub prerm {
 	my $this=shift;
 	$this->_script_helper('prerm', @_);
 }
+sub escape_percents {
+	my $s=shift;
+	$s =~ s/\%/\%\%/g;
+	return $s;
+}
 
 =item arch
 
 Set/get arch field. When the arch field is set, some sanitizing is done
 first to convert it to the debian format used internally. When it's
-retreived it's converted back to rpm form from the internal form.
+retrieved it's converted back to rpm form from the internal form.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -607,9 +747,20 @@ sub arch {
 			# Treat armv4l as arm.
 			$arch='arm';
 		}
+		elsif ($arch eq 'armv7l') {
+			# Treat armv7l as armel.
+			$arch='armel';
+		}
+		elsif ($arch eq 'aarch64') {
+			# Treat aarch64 as arm64.
+			$arch='arm64';
+		}
 		elsif ($arch eq 'parisc') {
 			$arch='hppa';
 		}
+		elsif ($arch eq 'ppc64le') {
+			$arch='ppc64el';
+		}
 		
 		$this->{arch}=$arch;
 	}
@@ -629,6 +780,12 @@ sub arch {
 	elsif ($arch eq 'all') {
 		$arch='noarch';
 	}
+	elsif ($arch eq 'arm64') {
+		$arch='aarch64';
+	}
+	elsif ($arch eq 'ppc64el') {
+		$arch='ppc64le';
+	}
 
 	return $arch
 }

Alien/Package/Slp.pm

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ character, I=unsigned integer.)
 =item footer_version
 
 What package format are we up to now? (Lowest one this is still
-compatable with.)
+compatible with.)
 
 =item archtrans
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Holds the slp package format version of the slp file.
 
 =item checkfile
 
-Detect slp files by their extention.
+Detect slp files by their extension.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ Set/get conffiles.
 
 When the conffiles are set, the format used by slp (a colon-delimited list)
 is turned into the real list that is used internally. The list is changed
-back into slp's internal format when it is retreived.
+back into slp's internal format when it is retrieved.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ Set/get copyright.
 
 When the copyright is set, the number used by slp is changed into a textual
 description. This is changed back into a number when the value is
-retreived.
+retrieved.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ Set/get arch.
 
 When the arch is set, the number used by slp is changed into a textual
 description. This is changed back into a number when the value is
-retreived.
+retrieved.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ sub arch {
 
 Set/get release version.
 
-When the release version is retreived, it is converted to an unsigned
+When the release version is retrieved, it is converted to an unsigned
 integer, as is required by the slp package format.
 
 =cut

Alien/Package/Tgz.pm

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package Alien::Package::Tgz;
 use strict;
 use base qw(Alien::Package);
 use Cwd qw(abs_path);
+use Alien::Package::Rpm qw(arch);
 
 my $tarext=qr/\.(?:tgz|tar(?:\.(?:gz|Z|z|bz|bz2))?|taz)$/;
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ use constant scripttrans => {
 
 =item checkfile
 
-Detect tgz files by their extention.
+Detect tgz files by their extension.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ sub scan {
 	# Get basename of the filename.
 	my ($basename)=('/'.$file)=~m#^/?.*/(.*?)$#;
 
-	# Strip out any tar extentions.
+	# Strip out any tar extensions.
 	$basename=~s/$tarext//;
 
 	if ($basename=~m/([\w-]+)-([0-9\.?]+).*/) {
@@ -110,8 +111,92 @@ sub scan {
 
 	$this->arch('all');
 
+	# Attempt to extract slack-desc
+	my $slack_desc_content = $this->runpipe(1, "tar Oxf '$file' install/slack-desc 2>/dev/null");
+	my $pkg_name = $this->name(); # Get package name early
+
+	if ($slack_desc_content && $slack_desc_content =~ /\S/) {
+		my @slack_lines = split /\n/, $slack_desc_content;
+		
+		# Default values if parsing fails or parts are missing
+		my $default_summary_text = "Package from tgz file (slack-desc found)";
+		my $default_description_text = "Package from tgz file (slack-desc found)";
+		$this->summary($default_summary_text);
+		$this->description($default_description_text);
+
+		my $summary_parsed_successfully = 0;
+
+		if (@slack_lines) {
+			my $first_line = $slack_lines[0]; # Peek at first line
+			# Try to parse summary from the first line using the strict format
+			if ($first_line =~ /^\Q$pkg_name\E: \Q$pkg_name\E \((.+)\)\s*$/) {
+				my $summary_candidate = $1;
+				if ($summary_candidate =~ /\S/) { # Check if captured summary is not just whitespace
+					$this->summary($summary_candidate);
+					$this->description($summary_candidate); # Initial guess for description
+					shift @slack_lines; # Consume the line as it was successfully parsed
+					$summary_parsed_successfully = 1;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		# Description Parsing from remaining lines (or all lines if summary parse failed)
+		my @description_parts;
+		my $expected_prefix_regex = qr/^\Q$pkg_name\E: /; # $pkg_name: <text>
+		my $paragraph_break_regex = qr/^\Q$pkg_name\E:$/;  # $pkg_name:
+
+		foreach my $line (@slack_lines) {
+			if ($line =~ $paragraph_break_regex) {
+				push @description_parts, ""; # Paragraph break
+			} elsif ((my $desc_content = $line) =~ s/$expected_prefix_regex//) {
+				# Prefix was stripped, $desc_content now holds the rest
+				push @description_parts, $desc_content;
+			} else {
+				# Line does not match strict format, ignore it for description.
+				# This handles cases where the first line was not a valid summary
+				# and is now being re-evaluated here but doesn't fit description format either.
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (@description_parts) {
+			my $parsed_description = join("\n", @description_parts);
+			# Remove leading/trailing empty lines from the final description block
+			$parsed_description =~ s/^\n+//;
+			$parsed_description =~ s/\n+$/\n/; # Keep single trailing newline if content, or make it one if many
+            $parsed_description =~ s/\s+$//; # Trim trailing whitespace overall, including last newline if it was just that
+
+			if ($parsed_description =~ /\S/) {
+				$this->description($parsed_description);
+				# If summary is still the generic default, but we have a description,
+				# try to set summary from the first line of this description.
+				if ($this->summary() eq $default_summary_text) {
+					my ($first_desc_line) = split /\n/, $parsed_description;
+					if ($first_desc_line && length($first_desc_line) < 100 && $first_desc_line =~ /\S/) {
+						$this->summary($first_desc_line);
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+			    # Description parts were found but resulted in an empty string (e.g. only paragraph markers)
+			    # Revert to summary if summary was good, or default if summary was also default.
+			    if ($summary_parsed_successfully) {
+			        $this->description($this->summary());
+			    } else {
+			        $this->description($default_description_text); # Keep default
+			    }
+			}
+		} elsif (!$summary_parsed_successfully) {
+            # No description parts AND summary was not parsed successfully means slack-desc was
+            # present but entirely unparsable or empty after the first line (if any).
+            # Summary and Description remain $default_summary_text.
+        }
+        # If summary was parsed but no description lines, description is already set to summary.
+
+	} else {
+		# Original behavior if slack-desc is not found or empty
 		$this->summary("Converted tgz package");
 		$this->description($this->summary);
+	}
+
 	$this->copyright('unknown');
 	$this->release(1);
 	$this->distribution("Slackware/tarball");
@@ -177,6 +262,161 @@ sub unpack {
 	return 1;
 }
 
+# Helper function for _format_slack_desc
+sub _format_slack_desc_section {
+    my ($pkgname, $text_content, $num_target_lines, $max_total_line_length) = @_;
+
+    my $line_prefix_with_space = "$pkgname: ";
+    my $line_prefix_no_space = "$pkgname:";
+    # Max length for the actual content, after the prefix
+    my $max_content_len = $max_total_line_length - length($line_prefix_with_space);
+    # Ensure max_content_len is somewhat reasonable if pkgname is very long
+    $max_content_len = 10 if $max_content_len < 10;
+
+    my @formatted_lines;
+    $text_content = "" if !defined $text_content; # Ensure defined
+
+    my @segments = split /\n/, $text_content;
+    # If text_content was empty, split results in one empty segment.
+    # If text_content ended with \n, split might produce an extra empty segment.
+    # We want to preserve intentional paragraph breaks (empty segments from \n\n).
+    
+    # Special case: if text_content is completely empty, segments will be [""]
+    # and num_target_lines is 1, it should produce one "$pkgname:" line.
+    # If text_content is non-empty but results in no words (e.g. "  \n  "),
+    # it should also be handled gracefully.
+
+    SEGMENT: foreach my $segment (@segments) {
+        last SEGMENT if scalar(@formatted_lines) >= $num_target_lines;
+
+        # Trim whitespace from segment. If it becomes empty, it's a paragraph break.
+        $segment =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+
+        if ($segment eq "") {
+            push @formatted_lines, $line_prefix_no_space;
+            next SEGMENT;
+        }
+
+        my @words = split /\s+/, $segment;
+        next SEGMENT if !@words; # Should not happen if segment was non-empty after trim
+
+        my $current_line_buffer = ""; # Holds content part of the line
+
+        WORD: foreach my $word (@words) {
+            if (scalar(@formatted_lines) >= $num_target_lines && $current_line_buffer eq "") {
+                 # Already filled target lines and current buffer for this segment is empty
+                last SEGMENT;
+            }
+            # Check if a single word itself is too long
+            if (length($word) > $max_content_len) {
+                # If buffer has content, push it first
+                if ($current_line_buffer ne "") {
+                    last SEGMENT if scalar(@formatted_lines) >= $num_target_lines;
+                    push @formatted_lines, $line_prefix_with_space . $current_line_buffer;
+                    $current_line_buffer = "";
+                }
+                # Push the long word, truncated, on its own line
+                last SEGMENT if scalar(@formatted_lines) >= $num_target_lines;
+                push @formatted_lines, $line_prefix_with_space . substr($word, 0, $max_content_len);
+                # The rest of the word is lost, as per typical shell script behavior (often implicit)
+                # Or, decide if $word should become the remainder: $word = substr($word, $max_content_len); and re-evaluate
+                # For now, simply truncating and moving to next word in input.
+                # Given the spec, it's more about fitting, so a very long word will just fill one line.
+                next WORD; # Move to next word, current long word handled.
+            }
+
+            if ($current_line_buffer eq "") {
+                $current_line_buffer = $word;
+            } else {
+                my $potential_line = $current_line_buffer . " " . $word;
+                if (length($potential_line) <= $max_content_len) {
+                    $current_line_buffer = $potential_line;
+                } else {
+                    last SEGMENT if scalar(@formatted_lines) >= $num_target_lines;
+                    push @formatted_lines, $line_prefix_with_space . $current_line_buffer;
+                    $current_line_buffer = $word;
+                }
+            }
+        }# end WORD loop
+        
+        # Push any remaining content in buffer for the current segment
+        if ($current_line_buffer ne "") {
+            last SEGMENT if scalar(@formatted_lines) >= $num_target_lines;
+            push @formatted_lines, $line_prefix_with_space . $current_line_buffer;
+        }
+
+    } # end SEGMENT loop
+
+    # Pad with "$pkgname:" or truncate to meet exactly $num_target_lines
+    while (scalar(@formatted_lines) < $num_target_lines) {
+        push @formatted_lines, $line_prefix_no_space;
+    }
+    if (scalar(@formatted_lines) > $num_target_lines) {
+        @formatted_lines = @formatted_lines[0 .. $num_target_lines - 1];
+    }
+
+    return @formatted_lines;
+}
+
+sub _format_slack_desc {
+	my $this = shift;
+
+	my $pkgname = $this->name() || "unknown"; # Should usually be defined
+	my $summary = $this->summary();
+	my $description = $this->description();
+	my $homepage_url = ""; # Fixed as per requirement
+
+	# Ensure summary is a single, trimmed line
+	$summary = "" if !defined $summary;
+	$summary =~ s/\n.*//s;    # Keep only the first line
+	$summary =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # Trim whitespace
+	$summary = "No summary" if $summary eq "";
+
+
+	$description = "" if !defined $description;
+    # Newlines in description are paragraph separators, handled by _format_slack_desc_section
+
+	my $screen_width = 72 + length($pkgname);
+
+	my $ruler_header = "# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:\n# The \"handy ruler\" below makes it easier to edit a package description.\n# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and\n# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.\n# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also\n# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.\n\n";
+	
+	my $ruler_gap = ' ' x length($pkgname);
+	my $ruler_base = $ruler_gap . "|-----handy-ruler--";
+	# Screen width is total, ruler includes the final '|', so -1 from screen_width for filling
+	my $ruler_fill_count = $screen_width - 1 - length($ruler_base);
+	$ruler_fill_count = 0 if $ruler_fill_count < 0; # Ensure not negative
+	my $ruler_line = $ruler_base . ('-' x $ruler_fill_count) . '|';
+
+	my $complete_ruler_block = $ruler_header . $ruler_line . "\n";
+
+	# Section 1: Summary (1 line)
+	# The format "$pkgname ($summary)" is part of the text_content for this section
+	my $summary_content_for_section = "$pkgname ($summary)";
+	my @summary_section = _format_slack_desc_section($pkgname, $summary_content_for_section, 1, $screen_width);
+
+	# Section 2: Empty line (1 line)
+	# This is effectively an empty paragraph
+	my @empty_section = _format_slack_desc_section($pkgname, "", 1, $screen_width);
+    # Ensure it's just "$pkgname:" as per spec for empty lines
+    $empty_section[0] = "$pkgname:" if @empty_section;
+
+
+	# Section 3: Description (8 lines)
+	my @description_section = _format_slack_desc_section($pkgname, $description, 8, $screen_width);
+
+	# Section 4: Homepage (1 line)
+	my @homepage_section = _format_slack_desc_section($pkgname, $homepage_url, 1, $screen_width);
+    # Ensure it's just "$pkgname:" if homepage_url is empty
+    if ($homepage_url eq "" && @homepage_section) {
+        $homepage_section[0] = "$pkgname:";
+    }
+
+
+	my $all_content_lines = join("\n", @summary_section, @empty_section, @description_section, @homepage_section);
+	
+	return $complete_ruler_block . $all_content_lines . "\n";
+}
+
 =item prep
 
 Adds a populated install directory to the build tree.
@@ -186,16 +426,41 @@ Adds a populated install directory to the build tree.
 sub prep {
 	my $this=shift;
 	my $dir=$this->unpacked_tree || die "The package must be unpacked first!";
-
+	my $install_dir = $dir."/install";
 	my $install_made=0;
+
+	# Check if install directory already exists (e.g. from unpacking)
+	if (-d $install_dir) {
+	    $install_made = 1;
+	}
+
+	# Generate and write slack-desc if description is meaningful
+	my $description = $this->description();
+	my $summary = $this->summary();
+	if (defined $description && $description =~ /\S/ && $description ne "Converted tgz package" && $description ne $summary) {
+		my $slack_desc_content = $this->_format_slack_desc();
+		if ($slack_desc_content && $slack_desc_content =~ /\S/) {
+			if (!$install_made) {
+				mkdir($install_dir, 0755) 
+					|| die "unable to mkdir $install_dir: $!";
+				$install_made=1;
+			}
+			my $slack_desc_path = $install_dir."/slack-desc";
+			open (SLACKDESC, ">$slack_desc_path") || die "Unable to open $slack_desc_path for writing: $!";
+			print SLACKDESC $slack_desc_content;
+			close SLACKDESC;
+			chmod(0644, $slack_desc_path) || $this->warn("Could not chmod $slack_desc_path: $!");
+		}
+	}
+
 	if ($this->usescripts) {
 		foreach my $script (keys %{scripttrans()}) {
 			my $data=$this->$script();
-			my $out=$this->unpacked_tree."/install/".${scripttrans()}{$script};
+			my $out=$install_dir."/".${scripttrans()}{$script};
 			next if ! defined $data || $data =~ m/^\s*$/;
 			if (!$install_made) {
-				mkdir($this->unpacked_tree."/install", 0755) 
+				mkdir($install_dir, 0755) 
-					|| die "unable to mkdir ".$this->unpacked_tree."/install: $!";
+					|| die "unable to mkdir $install_dir: $!";
 				$install_made=1;
 			}
 			open (OUT, ">$out") || die "$out: $!";
@@ -214,11 +479,21 @@ Build a tgz.
 
 sub build {
 	my $this=shift;
-	my $tgz=$this->name."-".$this->version.".tgz";
+	my $arch = Alien::Package::Rpm::arch($this, @_);
-
+	my $tgz=$this->name."-".$this->version."-".$arch."-1_alien.tgz";
-	$this->do("cd ".$this->unpacked_tree."; tar czf ../$tgz .")
+	if (-x "/sbin/makepkg") {
+		my $v=$Alien::Package::verbose;
+		$Alien::Package::verbose=2;
+		$this->do("cd ".$this->unpacked_tree."; makepkg -l y -c n ../$tgz .")
+			or die "Unable to make pkg";
+		$Alien::Package::verbose=$v;
+	}
+	else {
+		# Fallback to plain tar when makepkg is not available
+		# Use same method as makepkg: strip ./ prefix via sed to match Slackware format
+		$this->do("cd ".$this->unpacked_tree."; find ./ | LC_COLLATE=C sort | sed '2,\$s,^\\./,,' | tar --no-recursion -T - -czf ../$tgz")
 			or die "Package build failed";
-
+	}
 	return $tgz;
 }
 

Makefile.PL

@@ -15,21 +15,15 @@ sub MY::libscan {
 sub MY::postamble {
 	return q{
 
-VER=$(shell perl -e '$$_=<>;print m/\((.*?)\)/'<debian/changelog)
+VER=$(shell perl -e '$$_=<>;print m/\((.*?)\)/'<ChangeLog)
 
 all:: extra_build
 clean:: extra_build
-install:: extra_install
-pure_install:: extra_install
 
 extra_build:
 	perl -i -pe "s/\@version\@/$(VER)/g" <alien.lsm.in >alien.lsm
 	perl -i -pe "s/\@version\@/$(VER)/g" <alien.spec.in >alien.spec
 
-extra_install:
-	install -d $(PREFIX)/share/alien/patches \
-		   $(VARPREFIX)/var/lib/alien
-
 alien:
 	perl -pe '$$_="" if /use lib/; $$_="our \$$Version=\"$(VER)\";\n" if /VERSION_AUTOREPLACE/' alien.pl > alien
 }

README

@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ Note:
 Programs that use alien:
 
   I know of one program that acts as a frontend to alien - kpackviewer is a
-  package viewer that can convert between package formats by using alien. Its
+  package viewer that can convert between package formats by using alien. Can
-  homepage is at http://www.momentus.com.br/users/hook/kpackviewer.html
+  be downloaded from https://download.kde.org/Attic/stable/stable/apps/KDE1.x/utils/kpackviewer-0.70.tar.gz
 
   Corel also appears to have (or had) something in Corel linux that
   uses alien.

alien.lsm

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Begin3
+Title:		alien
+Version:	8.95.2
+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. It also support LSB packages.
+Keywords:	debian dpkg deb red hat redhat rpm slackware tgz stampede slp convert package LSB
+Author:		joey@kitenet.net
+Primary-site:	sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/utils/package
+		80	alien-8.95.2.tar.gz
+Copying-policy:	GPL
+End

alien.pl

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ installed.
 
 =item lsb
 
-Unlike the other package formats, B<alien> can handle the depenendencies of
+Unlike the other package formats, B<alien> can handle the dependencies of
 lsb packages if the destination package format supports dependencies. Note
 that this means that the package generated from a lsb package will depend on
 a package named "lsb" -- your distribution should provide a package by that
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ built.
 =item B<--anypatch>
 
 Be less strict about which patch file is used, perhaps attempting to use a patch
-file for an older verson of the package. This is not guaranteed to always work;
+file for an older version of the package. This is not guaranteed to always work;
 older patches may not necessarily work with newer packages.
 
 =item B<--nopatch>
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@ Do not use any patch files.
 
 =item B<--description=>I<desc>
 
-Specifiy a description for the package. This only has an effect when
+Specify a description for the package. This only has an effect when
 converting from the tgz package format, which lacks descriptions.
 
 =item B<--version=>I<version>
 
-Specifiy a version for the package. This only has an effect when
+Specify a version for the package. This only has an effect when
 converting from the tgz package format, which may lack version
 information.
 
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ some things to mess with their permissions and owners to the degree this does,
 so it defaults to off. This can only be used when converting to debian
 packages.
 
+=item B<--target=>I<architecture>
+
+Force the architecture of the generated package to the given string.
+
 =item B<-v>, B<--verbose>
 
 Be verbose: Display each command B<alien> runs in the process of converting a
@@ -246,7 +250,7 @@ B<alien> recognizes the following environment variables:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item RPMBUILDOPTS
+=item RPMBUILDOPT
 
 Options to pass to rpm when it is building a package.
 
@@ -330,6 +334,7 @@ Usage: alien [options] file [...]
   -i, --install             Install generated package.
   -g, --generate            Generate build tree, but do not build package.
   -c, --scripts             Include scripts in package.
+      --target=<arch>       Set architecture of the generated package.
   -v, --verbose             Display each command alien runs.
       --veryverbose         Be verbose, and also display output of run commands.
   -k, --keep-version        Do not change version of generated package.
@@ -344,7 +349,7 @@ EOF
 # Start by processing the parameters.
 my (%destformats, $generate, $install, $single, $scripts, $patchfile,
     $nopatch, $tgzdescription, $tgzversion, $keepversion, $fixperms,
-    $test, $anypatch);
+    $test, $anypatch, $target);
 my $versionbump=1;
 
 # Bundling is nice anyway, and it is required or Getopt::Long will confuse
@@ -366,6 +371,7 @@ GetOptions(
 	"patch=s"        => \$patchfile,
 	"nopatch"        => \$nopatch,
 	"anypatch"       => \$anypatch,
+	"target=s"       => \$target,
 	"description=s"  => \$tgzdescription,
 	"V"              => \&version,
         "version:s"      => sub { length $_[1] ? $tgzversion=$_[1] : version() },
@@ -446,6 +452,10 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
 		die "Unknown type of package, $file.\n";
 	}
 
+	if ($target) {
+		$package->arch($target);
+	}
+
 	if (! $package->usescripts && $package->scripts) {
 		$package->usescripts($scripts);
 		if (! $scripts) {

alien.spec

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Summary: Install Debian, Slackware, and Stampede packages with rpm.
+Name: alien
+Packager: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
+Version: 8.95.2
+Release: 1
+Source: ftp://kitenet.net/pub/code/debian/alien_8.95.2.tar.gz
+License: GPL
+Group: Utilities/File
+Buildroot: /tmp/alien-8.95.2.build
+Requires: perl
+BuildArchitectures: noarch
+
+%description
+Alien allows you to convert Debian, Slackware, and Stampede Packages into Red
+Hat packages, which can be installed with rpm.
+
+It can also generate Slackware, Debian and Stampede packages.
+
+This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.
+
+%prep
+%setup -n alien
+rm -rf /tmp/alien-8.95.2.build
+
+%install
+perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr
+make
+make pure_install VARPREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -not -type d -printf "/%%P\n" | \
+	sed '/\/man\//s/$/\*/' > manifest
+
+%files -f manifest
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%doc debian/changelog GPL README alien.lsm

debian/compat

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-7

debian/control

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Source: alien
-Section: admin
-Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50)
-Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
-Standards-Version: 3.9.2
-Vcs-Git: git://git.kitenet.net/alien
-Homepage: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien/
-
-Package: alien
-Architecture: all
-Section: admin
-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make, cpio, rpm2cpio
-Suggests: patch, bzip2, lsb-rpm, lintian, lzma
-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.
- .
- It can also generate packages of any of the other formats.
- .
- This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.

debian/copyright

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Format: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/
-Source: native package
-
-Files: *
-Copyright:
- 1996, 1997 Christoph Lameter
- 1997 Randolph Chung
- 2001 Mark A. Hershberger
- 1997-2011 Joey Hess
-License: GPL-2+
- On Debian systems, the complete text of the GPL can be found in
- /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
-

debian/docs

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-README
-gendiff.txt

debian/rules

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-%:
-	dh $@
-
-override_dh_auto_test:
-	# simple smoke test
-	./alien.pl -V
-
-override_dh_auto_install:
-	$(MAKE) pure_install INSTALLDIRS=vendor \
-		PREFIX=$(shell pwd)/debian/alien/$(shell perl -MConfig -e 'print $$Config{prefix}') \
-		VARPREFIX=$(shell pwd)/debian/alien
-
-override_dh_auto_clean:
-	# distclean moans about MANIFEST, this is quieter
-	if [ -e Makefile ]; then $(MAKE) realclean; fi
-
-# Not intended for use by anyone except the author.
-announcedir:
-	@echo ${HOME}/src/joeywiki/code/alien/news