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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Attempt to build debian packages for OVS
+
+set -e  # exit on error
+set -u  # exit on undefined variable
+
+kvers=`uname -r`
+ksrc=/lib/modules/$kvers/build
+dist=`lsb_release -is | tr [A-Z] [a-z]`
+release=`lsb_release -rs`
+arch=`uname -m`
+buildsuffix=-2
+if [ "$arch" = "i686" ]; then arch=i386; fi
+if [ "$arch" = "x86_64" ]; then arch=amd64; fi
+
+overs=1.4.0
+ovs=openvswitch-$overs
+ovstgz=$ovs.tar.gz
+ovsurl=http://openvswitch.org/releases/$ovstgz
+
+install='sudo apt-get install -y'
+
+echo "*** Installing debian/ubuntu build system"
+ $install build-essential devscripts ubuntu-dev-tools debhelper dh-make
+ $install diff patch cdbs quilt gnupg fakeroot lintian pbuilder piuparts
+ $install module-assistant
+
+echo "*** Installing OVS dependencies"
+ $install pkg-config gcc make python-dev libssl-dev libtool
+ $install dkms ipsec-tools
+
+echo "*** Installing headers for $kvers"
+ $install linux-headers-$kvers
+
+echo "*** Retrieving OVS source"
+ wget -c $ovsurl
+ tar xzf $ovstgz
+ cd $ovs
+
+echo "*** Patching OVS source"
+ # Not sure why this fails, but off it goes!
+ sed -i -e 's/dh_strip/# dh_strip/' debian/rules
+ if [ "$release" = "10.04" ]; then
+  # Lucid doesn't seem to have all the packages for ovsdbmonitor
+  echo "*** Patching debian/rules to remove dh_python2"
+  sed -i -e 's/dh_python2/dh_pysupport/' debian/rules
+  echo "*** Not building ovsdbmonitor since it's too hard on 10.04"
+  mv debian/ovsdbmonitor.install debian/ovsdbmonitor.install.backup
+  sed -i -e 's/ovsdbmonitor.install/ovsdbmonitor.install.backup/' Makefile.in
+ else
+  # Install a bag of hurt for ovsdbmonitor
+  $install python-pyside.qtcore pyqt4-dev-tools python-twisted python-twisted-bin \
+   python-twisted-core python-twisted-conch python-anyjson python-zope.interface
+ fi
+ # init script was written to assume that commands complete
+ sed -i -e 's/^set -e/#set -e/' debian/openvswitch-controller.init
+
+echo "*** Building OVS user packages"
+ opts=--with-linux=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
+ fakeroot make -f debian/rules DATAPATH_CONFIGURE_OPTS=$opts binary
+
+echo "*** Building OVS datapath kernel module package"
+ # Still looking for the "right" way to do this...
+ sudo mkdir -p /usr/src/linux
+ ln -sf _debian/openvswitch.tar.gz .
+ sudo make -f debian/rules.modules KSRC=$ksrc KVERS=$kvers binary-modules
+
+echo "*** Built the following packages:"
+ cd ~
+ ls -l *deb
+
+archive=ovs-$overs-core-$dist-$release-$arch$buildsuffix.tar
+ovsbase='common pki switch brcompat controller datapath-dkms'
+echo "*** Packing up $ovsbase .debs into:"
+echo "    $archive"
+ pkgs=""
+ for component in $ovsbase; do
+  if echo $component | egrep 'dkms|pki'; then
+    # Architecture-independent packages
+    deb=(openvswitch-${component}_$overs*all.deb)
+  else
+    deb=(openvswitch-${component}_$overs*$arch.deb)
+  fi
+  pkgs="$pkgs $deb"
+ done
+ rm -rf $archive
+ tar cf $archive $pkgs
+
+echo "*** Contents of archive $archive:"
+ tar tf $archive
+
+echo "*** Done (hopefully)"
+