Indeed, I tried to learn how to make a Debian package. A proper one that followed the guidelines (even though I wasn't trying to get it into a repo), not just o

Indeed, I tried to learn how to make a Debian package. A proper one that followed the guidelines (even though I wasn't trying to get it into a repo), not just one that's shoddily converted from another format. The tools are just a bunch of hacks designed for the particular environment and habits of the few people who make Debian packages. They don't even try to document how an outsider would learn to do it. Not sure why you added systemd to this, though, except to appeal to the old guard of sysadmins who don't like systemd and show up on HN a lot? It seems a completely unrelated conversation.