Script to automate gem fetch && gem2tgz gemname && dh-make-ruby gemname.tar.gz

gem-tgz-debian.sh

#!/bin/sh
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#   Copyright 2011 Vasudev Kamath <[email protected]>                                                                #
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fetch_and_create(){
    echo "Fetching the Gem " $1
    if $(gem fetch $1 > /dev/null); then
        echo "Converting tgz .." $1*"gem"
      if $(gem2tgz $1*"gem" > /dev/null); then
          dh-make-ruby $1*"tar.gz"
      else
          echo "Failed in conversion"
          exit 1
      fi
    else
       echo "Failed in Fetching Gem.."
       exit 1
    fi
}

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Usage: gem2debskeleton gemname1 [gemnam2] ..."
    exit 1
fi

for gem in $@;do
    fetch_and_create $gem
done