jordansissel · December 20, 2010 12:07 · jmtd · Apr 10, 2015
diff --git a/Better Usage.md b/Better Usage.md
diff --git a/Example usage.md b/Example usage.md
diff --git a/stripdeb.sh b/stripdeb.sh
 #!/bin/bash
 # Usage: stripdeb.sh something.deb

 echo "Args: $*"
 echo "Stripping $1 of pre/post maintainer scripts"
 tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)

 [ ! -f $1 ] && exit 1

 genldconfigscript() {
  # Maybe we should just make the always run 'ldconfig'
  cat << EOF
 #!/bin/sh
 [ "\$1" = "configure" ] && ldconfig
 [ "\$1" = "remove" ] && ldconfig
 true
 EOF
 }

 # The .deb is an 'ar' archive, grab the control files.
 ar -p $1 control.tar.gz | tar -C $tmpdir -zxf -

 # Kill the stupid package scripts, but log what we do.
 for i in $tmpdir/{post,pre}{rm,inst} ; do
  if [ -f $i ] ; then

    # Linux sucks, so we have to run ldconfig on any library changes.
    # So if the post/pre script includes ldconfig 
    if grep -q ldconfig $i ; then
      echo "$1: Replacing $i with a generic 'ldconfig' script"
      genldconfigscript > $i
      chmod 755 $i
    else
      echo "$1: Stripping $(basename $i)"
      rm $i
    fi
  fi
 done

 # Rebuild the control tarball
 tar -C $tmpdir -zcf control.tar.gz .

 # And replace the old one with the stripped one back into the .deb
 ar -r $1 control.tar.gz

 # Clean up
 rm control.tar.gz
	#!/bin/bash
	# Usage: stripdeb.sh something.deb

	echo "Args: $*"
	echo "Stripping $1 of pre/post maintainer scripts"
	tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)

	[ ! -f $1 ] && exit 1

	genldconfigscript() {
	# Maybe we should just make the always run 'ldconfig'
	cat << EOF
	#!/bin/sh
	[ "\$1" = "configure" ] && ldconfig
	[ "\$1" = "remove" ] && ldconfig
	true
	EOF
	}

	# The .deb is an 'ar' archive, grab the control files.
	ar -p $1 control.tar.gz \| tar -C $tmpdir -zxf -

	# Kill the stupid package scripts, but log what we do.
	for i in $tmpdir/{post,pre}{rm,inst} ; do
	if [ -f $i ] ; then

	# Linux sucks, so we have to run ldconfig on any library changes.
	# So if the post/pre script includes ldconfig
	if grep -q ldconfig $i ; then
	echo "$1: Replacing $i with a generic 'ldconfig' script"
	genldconfigscript > $i
	chmod 755 $i
	else
	echo "$1: Stripping $(basename $i)"
	rm $i
	fi
	fi
	done

	# Rebuild the control tarball
	tar -C $tmpdir -zcf control.tar.gz .

	# And replace the old one with the stripped one back into the .deb
	ar -r $1 control.tar.gz

	# Clean up
	rm control.tar.gz