Distribute via Debian

[lxp]

Update the Debian packaging to fix outstanding issues that caused the package to be removed from Debian Buster (https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/cfv).

[lxp]

The most severe issue (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=866419) was fixed in 2f5df43 and 9c670a3.
I also contacted the current Debian package maintainer Stefan Alfredsson on 6th March 2019.
I think the package still needs an update of the Debian standards version. I am not sure, how much work that involves.

[galaxy001]

Would you provide instructions to manually build the deb file ?

I tried debuild -i -us -uc -b under ubuntu 20.04, but failed.

[lxp]

@galaxy001 I am not surprised that the Debian package build fails. The problem is that the Debian packaging in this repository is not yet adapted for the current cfv version. Pull requests are welcome :)

[lxp]

If anyone considers updating the Debian packing, please take a look at cfv 3.x (currently the python3 branch). It is still in development, see #8 for the current progress.

[sarsolot]

I am not a Debian maintainer, but I prepared a modern debian/ packaging update for the Python 3 branch and opened a PR #87.

Highlights:

• Uses debhelper-compat 13 + dh-sequence-python3
• Builds via PEP 517 / pyproject.toml (pybuild)
• Includes autopkgtest (smoke + small functional test)
• Installs the existing cfv.1 man page
• Verified locally with dpkg-buildpackage, lintian, and autopkgtest

For Ubuntu users, I’m also publishing a working build in Launchpad PPA ppa:sarsolot/cfv (built and install-tested)

If the project wants to pursue an official Debian upload, I am happy to help iterate on any sponsor feedback (versioning, changelog targeting, maintainer fields, etc.).

[lxp]

@sarsolot Thanks for all your effort.

@alfs Since you were the old maintainer of the Debian package. Can you somehow support us in re-adding the package in Debian?

I'm looking for software which can make SFV file (hashlist of specific dir) & verify against dir to find missing/corrupt files.

CFV looks interesting, however on debian stable:

$ chmod +x cfv-3.2.0-py3-none-any.whl

$ ./cfv-3.2.0-py3-none-any.whl 
bash: ./cfv-3.2.0-py3-none-any.whl: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

Alas! Your software didn't help me find corrupt files, but I requested to be added anyway.

Here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1135138

Also do you have Windows build?
For example this project have many compiled binary releases for easy use: https://github.com/v2fly/v2ray-core/releases/tag/v5.48.0

@lxp Package is now added https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1135138