pkg is a small platform-independent tool for building Linux .deb or .rpm packages. Notably pkg does not depend on system utilities like rpmbuild or the dpkg-* suite of tools.

Most of pkg's magic is provided by NFPM, pkg adds a command line wrapper and also acts as a Github Action.

Usage:
  pkg [OPTIONS] [package.yaml]

Application Options:
      --name=         package name
      --version=      package version
      --arch=         package arch
      --deb           build a .deb package
      --rpm           build a .rpm package

Help Options:
  -h, --help          Show this help message

Example:

pkg --name my-package --version 1.0.0 --arch x86_64 --deb package.yaml

The package spec file contains metadata that is identical for every package.

meta:
  description: My Package
  vendor: Me
  maintainer: Me
files:
  "/usr/bin/my-package":
    file: my-package
    mode: "0755"
    user: "root"
  "/etc/my-package/config":
    file: etc/config
    mode: "0644"
    user: "foo"
    keep: true
units:
  - etc/systemd/system/my-package.service
scripts:
  "post-install": scripts/post-inst
user: foo

This repository is also a GitHub Action.

      - uses: kentik/pkg@v1
        with:
          name: my-package
          version: 0.0.1
          arch: x86_64
          format: rpm
          package: package.yaml

Copyright 2020 Kentik

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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