Merge pull request #14 from vector-im/dbkr/debcontrol

Use a custom control file for the Debian package

scripts/set-version.js

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ async function main() {
     }
 
     const ver = asar.extractFile('webapp.asar', 'version').toString().trim();
+
+    // set version in package.json: electron-builder will use this to populate
+    // all the various version fields
     await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         child_process.execFile('yarn', [
             'version',
@@ -33,6 +36,15 @@ async function main() {
             }
         });
     });
+
+    // Also create a debian package control file with the version.
+    // We use a custom control file so we need to do this ourselves
+    const outFile = await fs.open('pkg/control', 'w');
+    const template = await fs.readFile('pkg/control.template');
+    await outFile.write(template);
+    await outFile.write('Version: ' + ver + "\n");
+    await outFile.close();
+
     console.log("Version set to " + ver);
 }