Continuing with the packaging articles, this time I will explain how to add configuration files to the metapackage.

The idea is to add the orca configuration files that are stored in .orca in the users' home. To do this, the .orca directory will be copied, along with the files it contains, to /etc/skell/

Run the equivs-control command:

equivs-control canaima-accesibilidad-escritorio

The file will contain the following:

Section: misc
Priority: optional
Homepage: http://canaima.softwarelibre.gob.ve
Standards-Version: 3.9.1

Package: canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio
Version: 1:0.1
Maintainer: Ernesto Nadir Crespo Avila <ecrespo@centitel.gob.ve>
Depends: at-spi, brltty, brltty-flite, brltty-speechd, brltty-x11, listen, espeak, festival, festvox-sflpc16k, festvox-palpc16k,  
gnome-orca, gnome-accessibility-themes, gnome-accessibility, libcolorblind0, gnome-mag, libgail-common, mousetweaks, dots,  
${misc:Depends}
Architecture: any
Copyright: copyright
Changelog: changelog
Files: ./conf/.orca/user-settings.py /etc/skell/.orca/user-settings.py
	   ./conf/.orca/app-settings/__init__.py /etc/skell/.orca/app-settings/__init__.py
	   ./conf/.orca/orca-scripts/__init__.py /etc/skell/.orca/orca-scripts/__init__.py
	   ./conf/.orca/user-settings.pyc /etc/skell/.orca/user-settings.pyc
	   ./conf/.orca/app-settings/__init__.pyc /etc/skell/.orca/app-settings/__init__.pyc
	   ./conf/.orca/orca-scripts/__init__.pyc /etc/skell/.orca/orca-scripts/__init__.pyc
Description: Programas de Accesibilidad para Canaima GNU/Linux
Este metapaquete provee los programas de accesibilidad y configuraciones para que las personas con discapacidad puedan utilizar  
canaima GNU/Linux.

Now there is the Files parameter, where the first path is the source where the file is located and the second is the path it will be copied to. Each pair is separated by a new line.

The changelog file contains the following:

canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio (1.0:0.1) unstable; urgency=low


* First release.

-- Ernesto Nadir Crespo Avila  <ecrespo@cenditel.gob.ve>  Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:33:15 -0430

The copyright file contains:

Authors:


Copyright (C) 2011 Ernesto Nadir Crespo Avila <ecrespo@cenditel.gob.ve>


License:


This package 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; version 2 dated June, 1991.


This package 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 St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA


On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License can be found in `usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'

Now all that is left is to run the equivs-build command:

equivs-build -f canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio

Running ls -l shows the files created and the .deb:

total 40
-rw-r--r-- 1 ernesto ernesto 1275 sep 23 08:40 canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio
-rw-r--r-- 1 ernesto ernesto 1824 sep 23 08:41 canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio_0.1_amd64.changes
-rw-r--r-- 1 ernesto ernesto 6836 sep 23 08:41 canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio_0.1_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 ernesto ernesto  909 sep 23 08:41 canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio_0.1.dsc
-rw-r--r-- 1 ernesto ernesto 6378 sep 23 08:41 canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio_0.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 ernesto ernesto  184 sep 23 08:41 changelog
drwxr-xr-x 3 ernesto ernesto 4096 sep 23 08:15 conf
 -rw-r--r-- 1 ernesto ernesto  896 sep 23 08:41 copyright

Running dpkg -c on the .deb file shows what the metapackage will install:

dpkg -c canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio_0.1_amd64.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2011-09-23 08:41 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2011-09-23 08:41 ./usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2011-09-23 08:41 ./usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2011-09-23 08:41 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2011-09-23 08:41 ./usr/share/doc/canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio/
-rw-r--r-- root/root  1044 2011-09-23 08:41 ./usr/share/doc/canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio/README.Debian
-rw-r--r-- root/root   171 2011-09-23 08:41 ./usr/share/doc/canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio/changelog.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root   896 2011-09-23 08:41 ./usr/share/doc/canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio/copyright
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2011-09-23 08:41 ./etc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2011-09-23 08:41 ./etc/skell/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2011-09-23 08:41 ./etc/skell/.orca/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2011-09-23 08:41 ./etc/skell/.orca/app-settings/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2011-09-23 08:41 ./etc/skell/.orca/app-settings/__init__.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root   111 2011-09-23 08:41 ./etc/skell/.orca/app-settings/__init__.pyc
-rw-r--r-- root/root  7291 2011-09-23 08:41 ./etc/skell/.orca/user-settings.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root  6193 2011-09-23 08:41 ./etc/skell/.orca/user-settings.pyc
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2011-09-23 08:41 ./etc/skell/.orca/orca-scripts/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2011-09-23 08:41 ./etc/skell/.orca/orca-scripts/__init__.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root   111 2011-09-23 08:41 ./etc/skell/.orca/orca-scripts/__init__.pyc

Note that the .orca directory is created inside /etc/skell

Run lintian to check that the metapackage has no errors or warnings:

lintian -i canaima-accesibilidad-visual-escritorio_0.1.dsc

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