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    From Hans@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 26 14:00:01 2025
    Dear list,

    I have a general question to package building.

    For my own purposes I want to build a package with my own content.
    It will content several wordlists I created and need them as package, when I build a live image.

    All wordlists shall be in /usr/share/wordlists1/.

    Now my question: Is it correct, that I create a folder like

    ~/wordlist1

    then below this folder I make directories like

    ..usr
    ..usr/share/
    ..usr/share/worlist1/
    ..usr/share/wordlist1/first_list
    ..usr/share/wordlist1/second_list
    ..usr/share/wordlist1/second_list/words

    and then do a "dpkg-buildpackage" or is my dpoing wrong?

    As this package is only for me (at the moment!), I do not really care of entries in desciption and so on. This I can do later, when I want to release it.

    Does one know, if wordlists are protected by any law?

    Thanks for any hints.

    Best

    Hans

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  • From Dan Ritter@21:1/5 to Hans on Thu Jun 26 15:10:01 2025
    Hans wrote:
    For my own purposes I want to build a package with my own content.
    It will content several wordlists I created and need them as package, when I build a live image.

    All wordlists shall be in /usr/share/wordlists1/.

    Now my question: Is it correct, that I create a folder like

    ~/wordlist1

    then below this folder I make directories like

    ..usr
    ..usr/share/
    ..usr/share/worlist1/
    ..usr/share/wordlist1/first_list
    ..usr/share/wordlist1/second_list
    ..usr/share/wordlist1/second_list/words

    Yes.

    and then do a "dpkg-buildpackage" or is my dpoing wrong?

    You will need a wordlist1/DEBIAN directory, with several files
    in it.

    https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/index.en.html
    (also available in .de.html) is a good guide.

    Chapter 6 has the definitions of the files you will need.


    As this package is only for me (at the moment!), I do not really care of entries in desciption and so on. This I can do later, when I want to release it.

    Does one know, if wordlists are protected by any law?

    It depends on your jurisdiction, and it does not matter at all
    until you actually release it.

    This Wikipedia article might be a good start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_of_originality


    -dsr-

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