Building LXC and LXCFS 3.0.1 for Debian Stretch

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Building LXC and LXCFS 3.0.1 for Debian Stretch

I've been keen to try the new LXC 3.0.1 release on Debian 9, and have got it packaged by re-using the official Debian LXC and LXCFS packages, and tweaking the build process as follows:

LXC:

mkdir lxc
cd lxc
apt-get source lxc
wget https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/lxc/lxc-3.0.0.tar.gz
cd lxc-2.0.7/
uupdate ../lxc-3.0.0.tar.gz
cd ../lxc-3.0.0
rm debian/patches/*
rm debian/lua-lxc* -Rvf
  • Remove references to python in debian/control and debian/rules files.
  • Remove references to python in debian/control and debian/rules files.
dpkg-buildpackage

LXCFS:

mkdir lxcfs
cd lxcfs
apt-get source lxcfs
wget https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/lxcfs/lxc-3.0.1.tar.gz
cd lxcfs-2.0.7
uupdate ../lxcfs-3.0.1.tar.gz
cd ../lxcfs-3.0.1
rm debian/lxcfs.install
  • Now remove the override_dh_install section from debian/rules.
  • Modify override_dh_installinit section from debian/rules to remove cp lines.
  • Remove libpam-cgfs section from debian/control file.
dpkg-buildpackage or dpkg-buildpackage -nc (if rebuilding from a failed build)

And thats all there is to it!