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[auto-debuild.git] / auto_debuild.py

diff --git a/auto_debuild.py b/auto_debuild.py
index c7a762854abff687b89a5a24a8b1a28ed45411df..94c7c14cce1e67da623dfa60c530dedc8da207d3 100755 (executable)
--- a/auto_debuild.py
+++ b/auto_debuild.py
@@ -1,8 +1,44 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 #!/usr/bin/python

-import os, shutil, stat, time, subprocess, sys
+# auto-debuild - Automatic Generation of Debian Packages
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Ralf Jung <post@ralfj.de>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+import os, shutil, stat, time, subprocess, sys, shlex, tempfile

 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
 

-# some utility functions
+# a dict with some useful additional getters which can convert types and handle one-element lists like their single member
+class ConfigDict(dict):
+       def getstr(self, name, default = None):
+               if not name in self: return default
+               val = self[name]
+               if isinstance(val, list):
+                       if len(val) != 1: raise Exception('%s is a list, but it should not' % name)
+                       return val[0]
+               else:
+                       return val
+       
+       def getint(self, name, default = None):
+               return int(self.getstr(name, default))
+       
+       def getbool(self, name, default = None):
+               val = self.getstr(name, default)
+               if isinstance(val, bool): return val # already a bool
+               return val.lower() in ('true', 'yes', 'on', '1')
+
+# create a safe-to-call shell command from the array

 def safeCall(*args):
        res = ""
        for arg in args:
 def safeCall(*args):
        res = ""
        for arg in args:


@@ -11,11 +47,48 @@ def safeCall(*args):
                res += "'"+arg+"'"
        return res
 
                res += "'"+arg+"'"
        return res
 

+# Load a section-less config file: maps parameter names to space-separated lists of strings (with shell quotation)
+# Lines starting with spaces are continuation lines
+def loadConfigFile(file):
+       # read config file
+       linenr = 0
+       with open(file) as file:
+               result = ConfigDict()
+               curKey = None
+               for line in file:
+                       linenr += 1
+                       isCont = len(line) and line[0].isspace() # remember if we were a continuation line
+                       if isCont and curKey is None:
+                               raise Exception("Invalid config, line %d: Starting with continuation line" % linenr)
+                       line = line.strip()
+                       if not len(line) or line.startswith("#"): continue # skip empty and comment lines
+                       try:
+                               if isCont:
+                                       # continuation line
+                                       result[curKey] += shlex.split(line)
+                               else:
+                                       # option line
+                                       pos = line.index("=") # will raise exception when substring is not found
+                                       curKey = line[:pos].strip()
+                                       result[curKey] = shlex.split(line[pos+1:]) # shlex.split also strips
+                       except Exception:
+                               raise Exception("Invalid config, line %d: Error parsing line (quoting issue?)" % linenr)
+       # add some convencience get functions
+       return result
+
+# representation of a build system
+class BuildSystem:
+       def __init__(self, ruleMaker, buildDepends = [], binaryDepends = []):
+               self.ruleMaker = ruleMaker
+               self.buildDepends = buildDepends
+               self.binaryDepends = binaryDepends
+

 # abstract representation of rules file
 class RulesFile:
        def __init__(self):
                self.env = {}
                self.dh = []
 # abstract representation of rules file
 class RulesFile:
        def __init__(self):
                self.env = {}
                self.dh = []

+               self.dhWith = set()

                self.rules = OrderedDict()
        
        def env2str(self):
                self.rules = OrderedDict()
        
        def env2str(self):


@@ -32,19 +105,23 @@ class RulesFile:
                print >>f, ""
                print >>f, ".PHONY: build" # there may be a directory called "build"
                print >>f, ""
                print >>f, ""
                print >>f, ".PHONY: build" # there may be a directory called "build"
                print >>f, ""

-               print >>f, "build %:" # need to mention "build" here again explicitly
-               print >>f, '\t'+self.env2str()+' dh $@ '+safeCall(*self.dh)
+               print >>f, "build %:" # need to mention "build" here again explicitly so PHONY takes effect
+               # write proper dh call
+               dh = self.dh
+               if self.dhWith:
+                       dh.append('--with='+','.join(self.dhWith))
+               print >>f, '\t'+self.env2str()+' dh $@ '+safeCall(*dh)
+               # write remaining rules

                for rule in self.rules:
                        print >>f, ""
                        print >>f, "override_dh_"+rule+":"
                        for line in self.rules[rule]:
                                print >>f, "\t"+line
 
                for rule in self.rules:
                        print >>f, ""
                        print >>f, "override_dh_"+rule+":"
                        for line in self.rules[rule]:
                                print >>f, "\t"+line
 

-# build-system specific part of rules file
-def cmakeRules(config):
-       buildDir = config.get('buildDir', 'build')
+# rule-makers
+def cmakeRules(r, config):
+       buildDir = config.getstr('buildDir', 'build')

        srcDir = os.getcwd()
        srcDir = os.getcwd()

-       r = RulesFile()

        r.dh += ["--buildsystem=cmake", "--builddirectory="+buildDir] # dh parameters
        r.rules['auto_configure'] = [
                safeCall("mkdir", "-p", buildDir),
        r.dh += ["--buildsystem=cmake", "--builddirectory="+buildDir] # dh parameters
        r.rules['auto_configure'] = [
                safeCall("mkdir", "-p", buildDir),


@@ -52,29 +129,49 @@ def cmakeRules(config):
                  safeCall("cmake", srcDir, "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr", *config.get('cmakeParameters', []))
        ]
        r.rules['auto_clean'] = [safeCall('rm', '-f', os.path.join(buildDir, 'CMakeCache.txt'))] # clean old cmake cache
                  safeCall("cmake", srcDir, "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr", *config.get('cmakeParameters', []))
        ]
        r.rules['auto_clean'] = [safeCall('rm', '-f', os.path.join(buildDir, 'CMakeCache.txt'))] # clean old cmake cache

-       return r

 
 

-def automakeRules(config):
+def automakeRules(r, config):
+       buildDir = config.getstr('buildDir', 'build')
+       srcDir = os.getcwd()

        # "build" is what we are building *on*, and "host" is what we are building *for* (and GNU is weird...)
        # "build" is what we are building *on*, and "host" is what we are building *for* (and GNU is weird...)

-       # also, we don't really support cross-building... ;-) (to do, we'd have to write shell code that checks whether BUILD_GNU_TYPE
+       # also, we don't really support cross-building... ;-) (to do so, we'd have to write shell code that checks whether BUILD_GNU_TYPE

        #  and HOST_GNU_TYPE are equal, and if they are not, add a --host parameter)
        #  and HOST_GNU_TYPE are equal, and if they are not, add a --host parameter)

-       r = RulesFile()
-       r.dh += ["--buildsystem=autoconf"]
+       r.dh += ["--buildsystem=autoconf", "--builddirectory="+config.getstr('buildDir')]

        r.rules['auto_configure'] = [
        r.rules['auto_configure'] = [

+               safeCall("mkdir", "-p", buildDir),
+               safeCall("cd", buildDir) + " && " +

                'BUILD_TYPE=$$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) && ' + # doing the expansion beforehand ensures that we cancel if it fails
                'MULTIARCH=$$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) && '+
                'BUILD_TYPE=$$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) && ' + # doing the expansion beforehand ensures that we cancel if it fails
                'MULTIARCH=$$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) && '+

-                       './configure --build=$$BUILD_TYPE '+ # do the escape manually here so we can use the variables (there's no user-controlled string in here anyway)
+               safeCall(srcDir+"/configure") +
+                       ' --build=$$BUILD_TYPE '+ # do the escape manually here so we can use the variables (there's no user-controlled string in here anyway)

                        '--prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info '+
                        '--libdir=/usr/lib/$$MULTIARCH --libexecdir=/usr/lib/$$MULTIARCH '+
                        '--prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info '+
                        '--libdir=/usr/lib/$$MULTIARCH --libexecdir=/usr/lib/$$MULTIARCH '+

-                       '--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var '+
-                       safeCall(*config.get('automakeParameters', []))
+                       safeCall('--docdir=/usr/share/doc/'+config['binaryName'], '--sysconfdir=/etc', '--localstatedir=/var', *config.get('automakeParameters', []))

        ]
        ]

-       r.rules['auto_clean'] = ['rm -f config.status'] # do not re-use old configuration (no need for escaping here, obviously)
+       r.rules['auto_clean'] = [safeCall("rm", "-f", "--", buildDir+"/config.status")] # do not re-use old configuration
+
+def makefileRules(r, config):
+       r.dh += ["--buildsystem=makefile"]
+       r.rules['auto_configure'] = []
+
+def noneRules(r, config):
+       r.dh += ["--buildsystem=makefile"] # makefile does the least possible harm
+       r.rules['auto_configure'] = []
+       r.rules['auto_build'] = []
+       r.rules['auto_clean'] = []

        return r
 
        return r
 

+# build systems
+buildSystems = {
+       'cmake': BuildSystem(cmakeRules, ["cmake"]),
+       'automake': BuildSystem(automakeRules),
+       'makefile': BuildSystem(makefileRules),
+       'none': BuildSystem(noneRules),
+}
+

 # utility functions
 def commandInBuildEnv(config, command):
 # utility functions
 def commandInBuildEnv(config, command):

-       schroot = config.get('schroot')
+       schroot = config.getstr('schroot')

        if schroot is not None: command = ['schroot', '-c', schroot, '--'] + command
        return command
 
        if schroot is not None: command = ['schroot', '-c', schroot, '--'] + command
        return command
 


@@ -89,27 +186,53 @@ def writeDependency(f, name, list):
        if len(list):
                print >>f, name+": "+', '.join(list)
 
        if len(list):
                print >>f, name+": "+', '.join(list)
 

+def deleteDebianFolder():
+       if os.path.islink('debian'):
+               target = os.readlink('debian')
+               if os.path.exists(target):
+                       shutil.rmtree(target)
+               os.remove('debian')
+       else:
+               shutil.rmtree('debian')
+

 # actual work functions
 def createDebianFiles(config):
 # actual work functions
 def createDebianFiles(config):

-       sourceName = config['sourceName']
-       binaryName = config.get('binaryName', sourceName+'-local')
-       name = config.get('name', os.getenv('USER')) # os.getlogin() fails in minimal chroots
-       email = config.get('email', os.getenv('USER')+'@'+os.uname()[1]) # user@hostname
-       debDir = os.path.expanduser(config['debDir'])
-       buildSystem = config['buildSystem']
-       version = config['version']
-       dbgPackage = config.get('dbgPackage', False)
-       parallelJobs = int(config.get('parallelJobs', 2))
-       packageArchitecture = config.get('architecture', 'any')
-       withPython2 = config.get('withPython2', False)
+       if not isinstance(config, ConfigDict):
+               config = ConfigDict(config)
+       sourceName = config.getstr('sourceName')
+       binaryName = config.getstr('binaryName', sourceName+'-local')
+       config['binaryName'] = binaryName # make it usable by build systems
+       name = config.getstr('name', os.getenv('USER')) # os.getlogin() fails in minimal chroots
+       email = config.getstr('email', os.getenv('USER')+'@'+os.uname()[1]) # user@hostname
+       debDir = os.path.expanduser(config.getstr('debDir'))
+       buildSystem = buildSystems[config.getstr('buildSystem')] # get the data immediately
+       version = config.getstr('version') # version name excluding epoch (used for filenames)
+       fullVersion = str(config.getint('epoch'))+':'+version if 'epoch' in config else version # version name including epoch
+       dbgPackage = config.getbool('dbgPackage', False)
+       parallelJobs = config.getint('parallelJobs', 2)
+       packageArchitecture = config.getstr('architecture', 'any')
+       withPython2 = config.getbool('withPython2', False)
+       withSIP = config.getbool('withSIP', False)
+       withAutoreconf = config.getbool('withAutoreconf', False)
+       # add some build dependencies (a bit hacky adding it to the build system...)
+       if withSIP:
+               withPython2 = True
+               buildSystem.buildDepends.append("python-sip")
+               buildSystem.binaryDepends.append("${sip:Depends}")
+       if withPython2:
+               buildSystem.buildDepends.append("python")
+               buildSystem.binaryDepends.append("${python:Depends}")
+       if withAutoreconf:
+               buildSystem.buildDepends.append("dh-autoreconf")

        # we return the list of files generated, so we need to know the architecture
        arch = getArchitecture(config)
        files = []
        # create folders
        # we return the list of files generated, so we need to know the architecture
        arch = getArchitecture(config)
        files = []
        # create folders

-       if os.path.exists('debian'): raise Exception('debian folder already exists?')
-       os.mkdir('debian')
-       os.mkdir('debian/source')
-       if not os.path.exists(debDir): os.mkdir(debDir)
+       if os.path.exists('debian') or os.path.islink('debian'): raise Exception('debian folder already exists?')
+       tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='auto-debuild-')
+       os.mkdir(tempdir+'/source')
+       os.symlink(tempdir, 'debian')
+       if not os.path.exists(debDir): os.makedirs(debDir)

        # source format file
        with open('debian/source/format', 'w') as f:
                print >>f, "3.0 (native)"
        # source format file
        with open('debian/source/format', 'w') as f:
                print >>f, "3.0 (native)"


@@ -121,53 +244,100 @@ def createDebianFiles(config):
                print >>f, "Auto-generated by auto-debuild, not suited for distribution"
        # changelog file
        with open('debian/changelog', 'w') as f:
                print >>f, "Auto-generated by auto-debuild, not suited for distribution"
        # changelog file
        with open('debian/changelog', 'w') as f:

-               print >>f, sourceName,"("+version+")","UNRELEASED; urgency=low"
+               print >>f, sourceName,"("+fullVersion+")","UNRELEASED; urgency=low"

                print >>f, ""
                print >>f, "  * Auto-generated by auto-debuild"
                print >>f, ""
                print >>f, " --",name,"<"+email+">  "+time.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z')
        # control file
        with open('debian/control', 'w') as f:
                print >>f, ""
                print >>f, "  * Auto-generated by auto-debuild"
                print >>f, ""
                print >>f, " --",name,"<"+email+">  "+time.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z')
        # control file
        with open('debian/control', 'w') as f:

+               # source package

                print >>f, "Source:",sourceName
                print >>f, "Source:",sourceName

-               print >>f, "Section:",config.get('section', 'misc')
+               print >>f, "Section:",config.getstr('section', 'misc')

                print >>f, "Priority: extra"
                print >>f, "Maintainer: %s <%s>" % (name, email)
                print >>f, "Priority: extra"
                print >>f, "Maintainer: %s <%s>" % (name, email)

-               writeDependency(f, 'Build-Depends', ["debhelper (>= 9)"] + config.get('buildDepends', []))
+               writeDependency(f, 'Build-Depends', ["debhelper (>= 9)"] + buildSystem.buildDepends + config.get('buildDepends', []))

                print >>f, "Standards-Version: 3.9.3"
                print >>f, "Standards-Version: 3.9.3"

+               # main binary package

                print >>f, ""
                print >>f, "Package:",binaryName
                print >>f, "Architecture:",packageArchitecture
                print >>f, ""
                print >>f, "Package:",binaryName
                print >>f, "Architecture:",packageArchitecture

+               if 'binaryMultiArch' in config:
+                       print >>f, "Multi-Arch:",config.getstr('binaryMultiArch')

                writeDependency(f, "Pre-Depends", ["${misc:Pre-Depends}"] + config.get('binaryPreDepends', []))
                writeDependency(f, "Pre-Depends", ["${misc:Pre-Depends}"] + config.get('binaryPreDepends', []))

-               writeDependency(f, "Depends", ["${shlibs:Depends}", "${misc:Depends}"] + config.get('binaryDepends', []))
+               writeDependency(f, "Depends", ["${shlibs:Depends}", "${misc:Depends}"] + buildSystem.binaryDepends +
+                       config.get('binaryDepends', []))

                writeDependency(f, "Recommends", config.get('binaryRecommends', []))
                writeDependency(f, "Provides", config.get('binaryProvides', [sourceName]))
                writeDependency(f, "Conflicts", config.get('binaryConflicts', []))
                writeDependency(f, "Recommends", config.get('binaryRecommends', []))
                writeDependency(f, "Provides", config.get('binaryProvides', [sourceName]))
                writeDependency(f, "Conflicts", config.get('binaryConflicts', []))

+               writeDependency(f, "Breaks", config.get('binaryBreaks', []) + config.get('binaryBreaksReplaces', []))
+               writeDependency(f, "Replaces", config.get('binaryReplaces', []) + config.get('binaryBreaksReplaces', []))

                print >>f, "Description:",sourceName,"(auto-debuild)"
                print >>f, " Package auto-generated by auto-debuild."
                files.append(os.path.join(debDir, "%s_%s_%s.deb" % (binaryName, version, arch)))
                print >>f, "Description:",sourceName,"(auto-debuild)"
                print >>f, " Package auto-generated by auto-debuild."
                files.append(os.path.join(debDir, "%s_%s_%s.deb" % (binaryName, version, arch)))

+               # debug package

                if dbgPackage:
                        print >>f, ""
                        print >>f, "Package:",binaryName+"-dbg"
                if dbgPackage:
                        print >>f, ""
                        print >>f, "Package:",binaryName+"-dbg"

+                       print >>f, "Section: debug"
+                       print >>f, "Priority: extra"

                        print >>f, "Architecture:",packageArchitecture
                        writeDependency(f, "Depends", ["${misc:Depends}", binaryName+" (= ${binary:Version})"])
                        print >>f, "Description:",sourceName,"debug smbols (auto-debuild)"
                        print >>f, " Package containing debug symbols for "+sourceName+", auto-generated by auto-debuild."
                        files.append(os.path.join(debDir, "%s-dbg_%s_%s.deb" % (binaryName, version, arch)))
                        print >>f, "Architecture:",packageArchitecture
                        writeDependency(f, "Depends", ["${misc:Depends}", binaryName+" (= ${binary:Version})"])
                        print >>f, "Description:",sourceName,"debug smbols (auto-debuild)"
                        print >>f, " Package containing debug symbols for "+sourceName+", auto-generated by auto-debuild."
                        files.append(os.path.join(debDir, "%s-dbg_%s_%s.deb" % (binaryName, version, arch)))

+               # shim packages
+               for shim in config.get('binaryShims', []):
+                       print >>f, ""
+                       print >>f, "Package:",shim
+                       print >>f, "Section:",config.getstr('section', 'misc')
+                       print >>f, "Priority: extra"
+                       print >>f, "Architecture:",packageArchitecture
+                       writeDependency(f, "Depends", ["${misc:Depends}", binaryName+" (= ${binary:Version})"])
+                       print >>f, "Description:",sourceName,"shim for",shim,"(auto-debuild)"
+                       print >>f, " Package pretending to be "+shim+", auto-generated by auto-debuild."
+                       files.append(os.path.join(debDir, "%s_%s_%s.deb" % (shim, version, arch)))

        # install file
        with open('debian/'+binaryName+'.install', 'w') as f:
                for line in config.get('binaryInstallFiles', []):
                        if line.startswith('/'): # a file from within the package, not from the source tree
                                line = 'debian/'+binaryName+line
                        print >>f, line
        # install file
        with open('debian/'+binaryName+'.install', 'w') as f:
                for line in config.get('binaryInstallFiles', []):
                        if line.startswith('/'): # a file from within the package, not from the source tree
                                line = 'debian/'+binaryName+line
                        print >>f, line

+       # maintainer scripts for alternatives
+       if 'alternatives' in config:
+               with open('debian/'+binaryName+'.postinst', 'w') as f:
+                       print >>f, "#!/bin/sh"
+                       print >>f, "set -e"
+                       print >>f, 'if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then'
+                       for alternative in config.get('alternatives'):
+                               alternative = shlex.split(alternative)
+                               print >>f, safeCall('update-alternatives', '--install', alternative[0], alternative[1], alternative[2], alternative[3])
+                       print >>f, 'fi'
+                       print >>f, ''
+                       print >>f, '#DEBHELPER#'
+                       print >>f, ''
+                       print >>f, 'exit 0'
+               with open('debian/'+binaryName+'.prerm', 'w') as f:
+                       print >>f, "#!/bin/sh"
+                       print >>f, "set -e"
+                       print >>f, 'if [ "$1" = "remove" ]; then'
+                       for alternative in config.get('alternatives'):
+                               alternative = shlex.split(alternative)
+                               print >>f, safeCall('update-alternatives', '--remove', alternative[1], alternative[2])
+                       print >>f, 'fi'
+                       print >>f, ''
+                       print >>f, '#DEBHELPER#'
+                       print >>f, ''
+                       print >>f, 'exit 0'

        # rules file: build system specific
        with open('debian/rules', 'w') as f:
        # rules file: build system specific
        with open('debian/rules', 'w') as f:

-               # get rule file for build system: may only touch auto_config and auto_clean rules and the dh options
-               if buildSystem == 'cmake':
-                       r = cmakeRules(config)
-               elif buildSystem == 'automake':
-                       r = automakeRules(config)
-               else:
-                       raise Exception("Invalid build system "+buildSystem)
+               # pre-fill rule file with our global defaults
+               r = RulesFile()
+               r.rules['auto_test'] = []
+               r.rules['auto_install'] = [safeCall('dh_auto_install', '--destdir=debian/'+binaryName)] # install everything into the binary package
+               r.rules['auto_configure'] = ['dh_auto_configure'] # make sure there is an override (we may just append to it later)
+               # patch rule file for build system: may only touch auto_* rules and the dh options
+               buildSystem.ruleMaker(r, config)

                # global rules
                r.env["DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS"] = 'parallel='+str(parallelJobs)
                if not dbgPackage:
                # global rules
                r.env["DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS"] = 'parallel='+str(parallelJobs)
                if not dbgPackage:


@@ -176,21 +346,23 @@ def createDebianFiles(config):
                        r.env["DEB_CXXFLAGS_APPEND"] = '-g0'
                r.dh += ['--parallel']
                if withPython2:
                        r.env["DEB_CXXFLAGS_APPEND"] = '-g0'
                r.dh += ['--parallel']
                if withPython2:

-                       r.dh += ['--with=python2']
-                       r.rules['python2'] = ['dh_python2 --no-guessing-versions']
+                       r.dhWith.add('python2')
+                       r.rules['python2'] = ['dh_python2 --no-guessing-versions --no-shebang-rewrite']
+                       if withSIP:
+                               r.rules['python2'].append(safeCall('dh_sip', '-p'+binaryName))
+               if withAutoreconf:
+                       r.dhWith.add('autoreconf')

                r.rules['builddeb'] = [safeCall('dh_builddeb', "--destdir="+debDir)] # passing this gobally to dh results in weird problems (like stuff being installed there, and not in the package...)
                r.rules['builddeb'] = [safeCall('dh_builddeb', "--destdir="+debDir)] # passing this gobally to dh results in weird problems (like stuff being installed there, and not in the package...)

-               r.rules['auto_test'] = []

                # installation rule
                # installation rule

-               r.rules['auto_install'] = [safeCall('dh_auto_install', '--destdir=debian/'+binaryName)] # install everything into the binary package

                if 'binarySkipFiles' in config:
                if 'binarySkipFiles' in config:

-                       r.rules['auto_install'].append(safeCall('cd', 'debian/'+binaryName) + " && " +
-                               safeCall('rm', *config['binarySkipFiles']))
-               # for debug packages
+                       r.rules['auto_install'].append(safeCall('cd', 'debian/'+binaryName) + " && " + safeCall('rm', *config.get('binarySkipFiles')))
+               # debug packages

                if dbgPackage:
                        r.rules['strip'] = [safeCall('dh_strip', '--dbg-package='+binaryName+"-dbg")] # put debug files in appropriate package
                if dbgPackage:
                        r.rules['strip'] = [safeCall('dh_strip', '--dbg-package='+binaryName+"-dbg")] # put debug files in appropriate package

-                       r.rules['installdocs'] = [safeCall('dh_installdocs', '--link-doc='+binaryName)] # make the doc folder of the dbg package a symlink
+               # make the doc folder of the other packages a symlink (dbg, shims)
+               r.rules['installdocs'] = [safeCall('dh_installdocs', '--link-doc='+binaryName)]

                # wait after configuration?
                # wait after configuration?

-               if config.get('waitAfterConfig', False):
+               if config.getbool('waitAfterConfig', False):

                        r.rules['auto_configure'].append("@"+safeCall('read', '-p', 'Configuration done. Hit "Enter" to build the package. ', 'DUMMY_VAR')) # if we run in dash, we need to tell it which variable to use for the result...
                # dump it to a file
                r.write(f)
                        r.rules['auto_configure'].append("@"+safeCall('read', '-p', 'Configuration done. Hit "Enter" to build the package. ', 'DUMMY_VAR')) # if we run in dash, we need to tell it which variable to use for the result...
                # dump it to a file
                r.write(f)


@@ -200,24 +372,24 @@ def createDebianFiles(config):
        return files
 
 def buildDebianPackage(config):
        return files
 
 def buildDebianPackage(config):

-       commands = ['dpkg-checkbuilddeps', 'debian/rules clean', 'debian/rules build', 'fakeroot debian/rules binary', 'debian/rules clean']
+       if not isinstance(config, ConfigDict):
+               config = ConfigDict(config)
+       commands = ['dpkg-checkbuilddeps', 'debian/rules clean', 'debian/rules build', 'fakeroot debian/rules binary']

        command = ['bash', '-c', ' && '.join(commands)] # make it all one command, so we don't have to open and close the chroot too often
        subprocess.check_call(commandInBuildEnv(config, command))
        command = ['bash', '-c', ' && '.join(commands)] # make it all one command, so we don't have to open and close the chroot too often
        subprocess.check_call(commandInBuildEnv(config, command))

-       shutil.rmtree('debian') # it only contains what we just created
+       deleteDebianFolder() # cleanup: the debian folder only contains what we just created

 
 ###################################################################
 # if we are called directly as script
 if __name__ == "__main__":
        try:
 
 ###################################################################
 # if we are called directly as script
 if __name__ == "__main__":
        try:

-               import imp

                # get config
                # get config

-               config = imp.load_source('config', 'auto-debuild.conf').__dict__
-               os.remove('auto-debuild.confc')
+               config = loadConfigFile('auto-debuild.conf')

                # generate debian files
                # generate debian files

-               if os.path.exists('debian'):
-                       if raw_input("A debian folder already exists, to you want to remove it (y/N)? ").lower() != "y":
+               if os.path.exists('debian') or os.path.islink('debian'):
+                       if raw_input("A debian folder already exists, do you want to remove it and whatever it links to (y/N)? ").lower() != "y":

                                sys.exit(1)
                                sys.exit(1)

-                       shutil.rmtree('debian')
+                       deleteDebianFolder()

                files = createDebianFiles(config)
                # check if a file is overwritten
                for file in files:
                files = createDebianFiles(config)
                # check if a file is overwritten
                for file in files: