This is because it doesn't do very much. Arch Linux's PKGBUILD and Alpine's APKBUILD are an excellent improvement on that, still very simple to use and learn. I

This is because it doesn't do very much. Arch Linux's PKGBUILD and Alpine's APKBUILD are an excellent improvement on that, still very simple to use and learn. In most cases the source package consists of a single shell script (unlike Debian's splintered hell) where you have to define half a dozen fields and a couple of functions (build && install). I basically have to relearn Debian packaging from scratch every time I have to do that, but learn Alpine and/or Arch once and you're all set. https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/mutt/-/blob/main/PKGBUILD https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/mu... https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/tree/community/mutt/APKBUILD?h=3.12-stable https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/tree/community/mutt/APKBU...