NOTE: this is mostly obsolete, as the new build process uses docker and inside of it the conan package management system to install the required mingw libs.
See GitHub builder-docker repository for more information.

NOTE: DRAFT / WORK-IN-PROGRESS / INCOMPLETE

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• Extract it with:
  tar xvf libusb-mingw-w64_1.0.24.orig.tar.gz
  

• Rename extracted folder name to match “<source-package-name>-<upstream-version-number>”:
  mv libusb-1.0.24 libusb-mingw-w64-1.0.24
  

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• Let's try building with:

  debuild -us -uc
  

• Google around for any issues that arise on each build attempt…
  

• Try open the generated .deb file in an archive browser to assess whether the built binaries are in the desired locations
  

• Try install the package and build a mega65-tools mingw target, e.g. make and see if you get any errors:

  Code Block
  sudo dpkg -i libusb-mingw-w64_1.0.24-1_amd64.deb make bin/mega65_ftp.exe

  and see if you get any errors

• If you get errors, uninstall the .deb, tweak your debian/* files some more, google some more, try call debuild -us -uc again, try install binaries and un-install your old .deb and install your new one, then run the make .exe again. Rinse and repeat…
  

  Code Block
  # <tweak stuff in debian/*> debuild -us -uc # <assess warnings/errors in .deb build output> sudo dkpg -r libusb-mingw-w64 sudo dpkg -i libusb-mingw-w64_1.0.24-1_amd64.deb make bin/mega65_ftp.exe # <assess warnings/errors in .exe build output> # go back to step 1

Some tweaks I recall making

• I had to add a debian/source/include-binaries file consisting of:

  Code Block
  debian/libusb-mingw-w64/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/libusb-1.0.dll debian/libusb-mingw-w64/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/bin/libusb-1.0.dll

  (this was to assure those files were included inside the .deb package, as they’re not in the typical lib/ location)
  

• From inside debian/control, I removed the Package: libusb-mingw-w64 section, as when I inspected its contents, it had nothing significant in it.
  

Sharing these .deb files via a package repository

I had a prior attempt at this at the following location:

• http://gurce.net/ubuntu

It was working fine for a while, but after a year passed, the certificate expired and I had no memory of the password I set or how to update the certificate.

So for now, I’ll just manually share the newly-generated .deb file here:
- http://gurce.net/ubuntu/libusb-mingw-w64_1.0.24-1_amd64.deb

Later on, I’ll try remake the .deb package repository, and get better acquainted with these certificate shenanigans…