Create Ubuntu/Debian package script so that deb won't require libdb about bitgesell HOT 16 CLOSED

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1) rezahsnz has applied to start work (Funders only: approve worker | reject worker).

i will have the libdb and its dev libraries contained in the .deb package.
2) vporton has been approved to start work.

I created multiple Debian/Ubuntu packages, even rather advanced ones.
3) irhonin has applied to start work (Funders only: approve worker | reject worker).

Ready to start working on that, never done before but I learn quickly.
4) agbilotia1998 has applied to start work (Funders only: approve worker | reject worker).

1. Add libDb of specific version as a dependency to Debian package.
2. Create makefile.
3. Test the package on Ubuntu Machine.

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I've finished the task interrupting my work on this issue. I will continue working soon.

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I need your fullname to write down it as the package maintainer name (I don't want to be a maintainer after fulfilling the bounty, unless you pay me additional money, so the maintainer is you).

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Please confirm or reject explicitly if the built binary Debian package should contain GUI features.

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Successfully compiled Debian packages on my Ubuntu 20.04.1. Commands do work (at least with --help) option.

It remains:

1. test on Docker (I will add the full test to the debian/ folder.)
2. change my name to your name (see above)
3. decide whether we compile the GUI things (your decision!)
4. decide if we keep debian/ in the package root (I prefer this variant) or move it to the tools, then add there a script that copies debian/ to package root and then builds it (silly).

Please answer the appeared questions.

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I will also distribute libboost together with BGL, as it has the same troubles as libdb.

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I will also distribute libboost together with BGL, as it has the same troubles as libdb.

Please increase funding because I need to do this additional work to produce a working .deb package.

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Ugh, it appears impossible to make a package that works in both Ubuntu 20.04.1 and Ubuntu 18.04 :-(

When running the binary package built on 20.04.1 in Ubuntu 18.04:

BGLd: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by BGLd)

I set distributing three sources libdb4.8, libboost, and libevent (see https://github.com/vporton/bitgesell), but even after this it does not work. Static libc causes crash of running programs.

Looks like, there is no solution. It may be best to build a separate .deb for each Ubuntu/Debian version instead :-(

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Ugh, it appears impossible to make a package that works in both Ubuntu 20.04.1 and Ubuntu 18.04 :-(

The solutions are either:

1. Use an old Docker image to compile (not just to run).

2. Distribute also libc and libstdc++ together with our package.

Which of these two solutions do you choose?

Note that I already changed your package to contain libboost (because it has a mess of different version on different versions of Ubuntu), db-4.8, libevent (It seems impossible to link to an old system package, even if it is installed, because there is only a single version of libevent-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.1.)

Please choose your solution (and increase funding, as the task appeared much more difficult than anticipated).

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OK, I decided I will do compilation inside Docker. (There is no other choice.) Give me yet some time.

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Victor thanks for your efforts! please ping me in the comment when I can check it, will also assess the effort and hours spent of course

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Victor thanks for your efforts! please ping me in the comment when I can check it, will also assess the effort and hours spent of course

I didn't measure the hours exactly, but I think I already spent about 20-25 hours.

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Thanks for the contribution guys! closing the issue.

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