barebones script to build deb packages

build.sh

#!/bin/sh
# basic deb package building
set -e
DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )"
NODE_ENV=production

VERSION=$(head -1 $DIR/debian/changelog|sed -r 's/.*\(([^\)]*)\).*/\1/')
NAME=$(head -1 $DIR/debian/changelog|cut -d " " -f 1)

TMP=$(mktemp -d)
DEST=$TMP/$NAME-$VERSION
PREFIX=usr

ETC=/etc/$NAME
LIB=${DEST}/${PREFIX}/lib
BIN=${DEST}/${PREFIX}/bin
SHARE=${DEST}/${PREFIX}/share

mkdir -p $LIB $BIN

### HERE CP files and directories ###


### END of CP ###

### Edit symbolic link
ln -s /$PREFIX/lib/node_modules/$NAME/bin/$NAME $BIN/$NAME

#replace placeholders in control
sed -i -e "s/{{NAME}}/$NAME/" -e "s/{{VERSION}}/$VERSION/" $DEST/DEBIAN/control
echo "building package : ${NAME}_${VERSION}.deb"
dpkg-deb --build $DEST $DIR/${NAME}_${VERSION}.deb

rm -rf $TMP