fix packaging issues (#1)

* add hardening to deb build

* improve ladybug pkg description

* fix no-symbols-control-file rule

* add soname patch for shared lib

* move README up

* fix version tag in readme

* update timestamps

* fix so path in liblbug0

Author: aheev

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# LadybugDB Debian Packaging
+
+Packaging follows Debian source format 3.0 (quilt).
+
+To build from upstream source:
+  1. Download the Ladybug release tarball.
+  2. Rename it to ladybug_\<version\>.orig.tar.gz.
+  3. Extract the tarball to a new directory. Don't delete the tarball after extraction, we need it for the build process
+  4. Copy the `debian/` directory from this repository into the extracted directory and `cd` into it.
+  5. Run `export DH_BUILD_SYSTEM=cmake_ninja && dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc`
+
+## References
+- https://arnaudr.io/2016/01/14/first-debian-package/
+- https://arnaudr.io/2016/10/01/publishing-a-debian-package-mentors-sponsorship/

debian/README.source

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ladybug (0.15.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
-  * Initial release.
-  * Package lbug CLI, shared runtime library, and development headers.
+  * Initial release (CLoses: #1130583)
+  * Package ladybug CLI, shared runtime library, and development headers.
 
- -- Arun <arun@ladybugdb.com>  Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:55:00 -0700
+ -- Ally Heev <allyheev@gmail.com>  Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:26:00 +0530

debian/changelog

@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 Source: ladybug
 Section: database
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Arun <arun@ladybugdb.com>
+Maintainer: Ally Heev <allyheev@gmail.com>
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper-compat (= 13),
- cmake,
- g++
-Standards-Version: 4.7.0
+ cmake
+Standards-Version: 4.7.2
 Homepage: https://ladybugdb.com/
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/LadybugDB/ladybug
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/LadybugDB/ladybug.git
 
-Package: ladybug-cli
+Package: ladybug
 Architecture: any
 Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
@@ -21,7 +20,8 @@ Description: Embedded graph database command-line client
  Ladybug is an embedded graph database optimized for query speed and
  scalability.
  .
- This package provides the lbug interactive shell CLI.
+ This package provides the LadybugDB interactive shell command
+ line client (lbug).
 
 Package: liblbug0
 Section: libs

debian/control

@@ -23,5 +23,3 @@ License: Expat
  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  SOFTWARE.
-
-License: Expat

debian/copyright

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+debian/lbug.1

debian/ladybug-cli.install debian/ladybug.installdebian/ladybug-cli.install renamed to debian/ladybug.install

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
+.TH LBUG "1" "March 15, 2026" "Ladybug 0.15.1" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+Lbug \- LadybugDB interactive shell CLI
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+lbug [databasePath] {OPTIONS}
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+lbug is an interactive shell CLI for LadybugDB.
+You can use it to run OpenCypher queries directly on the database.
+.SH DATABASEPATH
+Path to the database. If not given or
+set to ":memory:", the database will be
+opened under in\-memory mode.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
+Display this help menu
+.TP
+\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-default_bp_size\fR, \fB\-\-defaultbpsize\fR
+Size of buffer pool for default and
+large page sizes in megabytes
+.TP
+\fB\-\-max_db_size\fR=\fI\,[max_db_size]\/\fR, \fB\-\-maxdbsize\fR=\fI\,[max_db_size]\/\fR
+Maximum size of the database in bytes
+.HP
+\fB\-\-no_compression\fR, \fB\-\-nocompression\fR Disable compression
+.TP
+\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-read_only\fR, \fB\-\-readonly\fR
+Open database in read\-only mode.
+.TP
+\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-path_history\fR
+Path to directory for shell history
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+Display current database version
+.TP
+\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR
+Set the output mode of the shell
+.TP
+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-no_stats\fR, \fB\-\-nostats\fR
+Disable query stats
+.TP
+\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-no_progress_bar\fR, \fB\-\-noprogressbar\fR
+Disable query progress bar
+.TP
+\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-ignore_wal_replay_errors\fR
+By default something goes wrong when
+replaying the WAL an exception will be
+thrown. With this flag enabled we will
+instead ignore these errors and stop
+replaying the WAL.
+.TP
+\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-init\fR
+Path to the script file to run on
+startup
+.HP
+\fB"\-\-"\fR can be used to terminate flag options and force all following
+arguments to be treated as positional options
+.SH SEE ALSO
+https://docs.ladybugdb.com/client-apis/cli/
+.br
+https://ladybugdb.github.io/wasm-shell/ (a WASM build of the shell)
+.SH AUTHOR
+LadybugDB contributors
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+LadybugDB contributors

debian/ladybug.manpages

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 usr/include/lbug.h
 usr/lib/*/liblbug.a
+usr/lib/*/liblbug.so

debian/lbug.1

@@ -1 +1 @@
-usr/lib/*/liblbug.so
+usr/lib/*/liblbug.so.*