I have a bare-minimum packaging working (below).
The libipuz stuff is a total mess, but enough to at least run the app.
If I do any more work on it (unlikely) it'll end up at
https://github.com/cyberitsolutions/bootstrap2020/tree/twb/debian-12-PrisonPC.packages
bash5$ grep -rnH ^ libipuz crosswords
libipuz/debian/source/format:1:3.0 (quilt)
libipuz/debian/rules:1:#!/usr/bin/make -f
libipuz/debian/rules:2:export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
libipuz/debian/rules:3:%:
libipuz/debian/rules:4: dh $@
libipuz/debian/control:1:Source: libipuz
libipuz/debian/control:2:Section: games
libipuz/debian/control:3:Priority: optional
libipuz/debian/control:4:Homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/jrb/libipuz/
libipuz/debian/control:5:Standards-Version: 4.5.1
libipuz/debian/control:6:Maintainer: Trent W. Buck <twb@cyber.com.au>
libipuz/debian/control:7:Rules-Requires-Root: no
libipuz/debian/control:8:Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
libipuz/debian/control:9: meson (>= 0.59.0),
libipuz/debian/control:10: pkg-config,
libipuz/debian/control:11: python3,
libipuz/debian/control:12: libglib2.0-dev,
libipuz/debian/control:13: libjson-glib-dev,
libipuz/debian/control:14: cmake,
libipuz/debian/control:15:
libipuz/debian/control:16:Package: libipuz-1
libipuz/debian/control:17:Depends:
libipuz/debian/control:18: ${misc:Depends},
libipuz/debian/control:19: ${shlibs:Depends},
libipuz/debian/control:20:Architecture: any
libipuz/debian/control:21:Description: FIXME
libipuz/debian/control:22: FIXME
libipuz/debian/changelog:1:libipuz (0.4.2-1) bookworm; urgency=medium
libipuz/debian/changelog:2:
libipuz/debian/changelog:3: * Initial Debianization.
libipuz/debian/changelog:4:
libipuz/debian/changelog:5: -- Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> Thu, 25 Aug 2022 20:19:14 +1000
libipuz/debian/watch:1:# Stolen from https://sources.debian.org/src/gucharmap/1:14.0.3-1/debian/watch/
libipuz/debian/watch:2:version=4
libipuz/debian/watch:3:https://gitlab.gnome.org/jrb/@PACKAGE@/tags \
libipuz/debian/watch:4: .*/@PACKAGE@@ANY_VERSION@@ARCHIVE_EXT@
libipuz/debian/copyright:1:Files: *
libipuz/debian/copyright:2:Copyright: 2021 Trent W. Buck
libipuz/debian/copyright:3:License: expat
libipuz/debian/copyright:4:
libipuz/debian/copyright:5:License: expat
libipuz/debian/copyright:6: Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
libipuz/debian/copyright:7: a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
libipuz/debian/copyright:8: "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
libipuz/debian/copyright:9: without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
libipuz/debian/copyright:10: distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
libipuz/debian/copyright:11: permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
libipuz/debian/copyright:12: the following conditions:
libipuz/debian/copyright:13: .
libipuz/debian/copyright:14: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
libipuz/debian/copyright:15: in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
libipuz/debian/copyright:16: .
libipuz/debian/copyright:17: THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
libipuz/debian/copyright:18: EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
libipuz/debian/copyright:19: MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
libipuz/debian/copyright:20: IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
libipuz/debian/copyright:21: CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
libipuz/debian/copyright:22: TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
libipuz/debian/copyright:23: SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
crosswords/debian/copyright:1:Files: *
crosswords/debian/copyright:2:Copyright: 2021 Trent W. Buck
crosswords/debian/copyright:3:License: expat
crosswords/debian/copyright:4:
crosswords/debian/copyright:5:License: expat
crosswords/debian/copyright:6: Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
crosswords/debian/copyright:7: a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
crosswords/debian/copyright:8: "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
crosswords/debian/copyright:9: without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
crosswords/debian/copyright:10: distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
crosswords/debian/copyright:11: permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
crosswords/debian/copyright:12: the following conditions:
crosswords/debian/copyright:13: .
crosswords/debian/copyright:14: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
crosswords/debian/copyright:15: in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
crosswords/debian/copyright:16: .
crosswords/debian/copyright:17: THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
crosswords/debian/copyright:18: EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
crosswords/debian/copyright:19: MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
crosswords/debian/copyright:20: IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
crosswords/debian/copyright:21: CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
crosswords/debian/copyright:22: TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
crosswords/debian/copyright:23: SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
crosswords/debian/changelog:1:crosswords (0.3.8-1) bullseye; urgency=medium
crosswords/debian/changelog:2:
crosswords/debian/changelog:3: * Initial Debianization.
crosswords/debian/changelog:4:
crosswords/debian/changelog:5: -- Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> Thu, 25 Aug 2022 20:19:14 +1000
crosswords/debian/rules:1:#!/usr/bin/make -f
crosswords/debian/rules:2:export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
crosswords/debian/rules:3:%:
crosswords/debian/rules:4: dh $@
crosswords/debian/rules:5:
crosswords/debian/rules:6:
crosswords/debian/rules:7:
crosswords/debian/rules:8:
crosswords/debian/rules:9:
crosswords/debian/rules:10:
crosswords/debian/rules:11:# ==================================== 6/6 =====================================
crosswords/debian/rules:12:# test: gen-word-list
crosswords/debian/rules:13:# start time: 11:46:47
crosswords/debian/rules:14:# duration: 0.22s
crosswords/debian/rules:15:# result: killed by signal 6 SIGABRT
crosswords/debian/rules:16:# command: MALLOC_PERTURB_=204 G_TEST_SRCDIR=/X/Y/src G_TEST_BUILDDIR=/X/Y/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/src /X/Y/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/src/gen-word-list --tap -k
crosswords/debian/rules:17:# ----------------------------------- stdout -----------------------------------
crosswords/debian/rules:18:# # random seed: R02S48c3e50f1099cb82e84c97d931a342bc
crosswords/debian/rules:19:# 1..5
crosswords/debian/rules:20:# # Start of gen_word_list tests
crosswords/debian/rules:21:# ok 1 /gen_word_list/rejects_invalid_lines
crosswords/debian/rules:22:# ok 2 /gen_word_list/get_entry_works_for_ascii_words
crosswords/debian/rules:23:# ok 3 /gen_word_list/get_entry_works_for_non_ascii_words
crosswords/debian/rules:24:# Bail out! ERROR:../src/gen-word-list.c:831:sorts_words: assertion failed (entry.word == "?RBOL"): ("ARTES" == "\303\201RBOL")
crosswords/debian/rules:25:# ----------------------------------- stderr -----------------------------------
crosswords/debian/rules:26:# **
crosswords/debian/rules:27:# ERROR:../src/gen-word-list.c:831:sorts_words: assertion failed (entry.word == "?RBOL"): ("ARTES" == "\303\201RBOL")
crosswords/debian/rules:28:# ==============================================================================
crosswords/debian/rules:29:
crosswords/debian/rules:30:
crosswords/debian/rules:31:# Summary of Failures:
crosswords/debian/rules:32:
crosswords/debian/rules:33:# 6/6 gen-word-list FAIL 0.22s killed by signal 6 SIGABRT
crosswords/debian/rules:34:override_dh_auto_test:
crosswords/debian/rules:35: echo "FIXME: a test is failing and DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck isn't skipping them, so I am going to comment them out completely for EVERYONE in here for now."
crosswords/debian/source/format:1:3.0 (quilt)
crosswords/debian/control:1:Source: crosswords
crosswords/debian/control:2:Section: games
crosswords/debian/control:3:Priority: optional
crosswords/debian/control:4:Homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/jrb/crosswords/
crosswords/debian/control:5:Standards-Version: 4.5.1
crosswords/debian/control:6:Maintainer: Trent W. Buck <twb@cyber.com.au>
crosswords/debian/control:7:Rules-Requires-Root: no
crosswords/debian/control:8:Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
crosswords/debian/control:9: meson (>= 0.59.0),
crosswords/debian/control:10: pkg-config,
crosswords/debian/control:11:# ../meson.build:111:6: ERROR: Program 'update-desktop-database' not found or not executable
crosswords/debian/control:12: desktop-file-utils,
crosswords/debian/control:13: libglib2.0-dev,
crosswords/debian/control:14: libgtk-4-dev,
crosswords/debian/control:15: libjson-glib-dev,
crosswords/debian/control:16: librsvg2-dev,
crosswords/debian/control:17: libadwaita-1-dev,
crosswords/debian/control:18:# https://gitlab.gnome.org/jrb/libipuz
crosswords/debian/control:19: libipuz-1,
crosswords/debian/control:20:
crosswords/debian/control:21:Package: gnome-crosswords
crosswords/debian/control:22:Depends:
crosswords/debian/control:23: ${misc:Depends},
crosswords/debian/control:24: ${shlibs:Depends},
crosswords/debian/control:25:Architecture: any
crosswords/debian/control:26:Description: crossword player and editor for GNOME
crosswords/debian/control:27: GNOME Crosswords is a crossword player and editor.
crosswords/debian/control:28: Features:
crosswords/debian/control:29: .
crosswords/debian/control:30: * Loads .ipuz and .puz files.
crosswords/debian/control:31: Supports a significant chunk of the .ipuz spec for Crosswords
crosswords/debian/control:32: * Supports standalone puzzle sets with multiple ways of playing them
crosswords/debian/control:33: * External puzzle set downloaders can be used to download puzzles
crosswords/debian/control:34: * Extensive styling support for crosswords.
crosswords/debian/control:35: Square, black and white crosswords are traditional, but
crosswords/debian/control:36: it can also take advantage of color and shapes
crosswords/debian/control:37: * Reveal button to find mistakes and hint button to suggest answers
crosswords/debian/control:38: * Puzzle checksums for puzzles that don't include an answer
crosswords/debian/control:39: * Respects the Desktop-wide dark-mode preference.
crosswords/debian/control:40: * Language-specific quirks
crosswords/debian/watch:1:# Stolen from https://sources.debian.org/src/gucharmap/1:14.0.3-1/debian/watch/
crosswords/debian/watch:2:version=4
crosswords/debian/watch:3:https://gitlab.gnome.org/jrb/@PACKAGE@/tags \
crosswords/debian/watch:4: .*/@PACKAGE@@ANY_VERSION@@ARCHIVE_EXT@