j6s / dpkg-dev-docker

thej6s/dpkg-dev docker image

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A simple debian based docker image that contains dpkg-dev tools. The sole purpose of this image is making it easier to build personal apt repositories as outlined in this article by Guy Rutenberg:

https://www.guyrutenberg.com/2016/07/15/creating-a-personal-apt-repository-using-dpkg-scanpackages/

Usage

$ docker run -u 1000 --rm \
  -v $(pwd)/packages:/workdir \
  -w /workdir thej6s/dpkg-dev \
  bash -c 'dpkg-scanpackages -m . | gzip --best > Packages.gz'