From 0283bab54f12a276f71b655dec46bf6b689e488f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jarrad Whitaker <akdor1154@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:20:33 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] implement basic DEB packaging

---
 CMakeLists.txt    |  2 ++
 Packaging.cmake   | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/01-readme.md | 10 +++++++-
 3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 Packaging.cmake

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 53d50e165..4ed269299 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -381,4 +381,6 @@ else()
 endif()
 # }}}
 
+INCLUDE(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Packaging.cmake)
+
 # vim: filetype=cmake:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80:foldmethod=marker
diff --git a/Packaging.cmake b/Packaging.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..404a6ca7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packaging.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+if(NOT VERSION)
+	set(VERSION "unknown")
+endif()
+
+string(REGEX REPLACE "^v?([0-9.]+)-?(.*)$"
+	"\\1;\\2" version_result ${VERSION})
+
+list(LENGTH version_result version_result_list_length)
+
+if(version_result_list_length EQUAL 2)
+	list(GET version_result 0 version_num)
+	list(GET version_result 1 version_gitstamp)
+else(version_result_list_length EQUAL 2)
+	message("Unable to deduce a meaningful version number. \
+Set OVERRIDE_VERSION when you run CMake (cmake .. -DOVERRIDE_VERSION=3.14.159), or \
+just build from a git repository.")
+	set(version_num "0.0.0")
+	set(version_gitstamp "")
+endif(version_result_list_length EQUAL 2)
+
+if(version_gitstamp)
+	set(version_gitsuffix "~git${version_gitstamp}")
+else(version_gitstamp)
+	set(version_gitsuffix "")
+endif(version_gitstamp)
+
+string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)"
+	"\\1;\\2;\\3" version_num_split ${version_num})
+
+list(APPEND version_num_split 0 0 0) #ensure the list(GET )) commands below never fail
+
+list(GET version_num_split 0 CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR)
+list(GET version_num_split 1 CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR)
+list(GET version_num_split 2 CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH)
+
+set(version_num "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")
+
+message(STATUS "Package version will be set to ${version_num}${version_gitsuffix}.")
+
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${version_num}${version_gitsuffix}")
+
+if(NOT CPACK_GENERATOR)
+	find_program(rpmbuild_path "rpmbuild")
+	if(rpmbuild_path)
+		message(STATUS "rpmbuild found, enabling RPM for the 'package' target")
+		list(APPEND CPACK_GENERATOR RPM)
+	endif(rpmbuild_path)
+
+	find_program(dpkg_path "dpkg")
+	if (dpkg_path)
+		message(STATUS "dpkg found, enabling DEB for the 'package' target")
+		list(APPEND CPACK_GENERATOR DEB)
+	endif(dpkg_path)
+endif(NOT CPACK_GENERATOR)
+
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "awesome")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "devnull@example.com")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "A tiling window manager")
+
+if(CPACK_GENERATOR)
+	include(CPack)
+endif()
diff --git a/docs/01-readme.md b/docs/01-readme.md
index 052901645..ac865c887 100644
--- a/docs/01-readme.md
+++ b/docs/01-readme.md
@@ -12,10 +12,18 @@ After extracting the dist tarball, run:
 
 This will create a build directory, run cmake in it and build awesome.
 
-After building is finished, you can install:
+After building is finished, you can either install via `make install`:
 
     make install  # you might need root permissions
 
+or by auto-generating a .deb or .rpm package, for easy removal later on:
+
+    make package
+    
+    sudo dpkg -i awesome-x.y.z.deb
+    # or
+    sudo rpm -Uvh awesome-x.y.z.rpm
+
 ## Running awesome
 
 You can directly select awesome from your display manager. If not, you can