building a simple debian package

.dockerignore

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+/target
+/contrib/*.deb

.gitignore

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 /target
+/contrib/*.deb

Cargo.toml

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 opt-level = 3
 debug-assertions = false
 overflow-checks = false
+
+[package.metadata.deb]
+section = "web"
+assets = [
+    ["target/release/gossip", "/usr/bin/", "755"],
+    ["contrib/gossip.desktop", "/usr/share/applications/gossip.desktop", "644"],
+]

contrib/Dockerfile

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+FROM rust:1.65-bullseye as builder
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+       build-essential \
+       ca-certificates \
+       curl \
+       libfontconfig1-dev \
+       libssl-dev \
+       pkg-config \
+       sudo \
+    && apt -y autoremove \
+    && apt clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN cargo install cargo-deb
+
+
+# Build gossip
+COPY ./ gossip/
+WORKDIR gossip
+RUN mkdir -p /gossip/artifacts
+RUN cargo deb
+RUN ls /gossip/target/debian/
+
+FROM scratch as custom-exporter
+COPY --from=builder /gossip/target/debian/gossip*_amd64.deb .

contrib/deb.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+cd $SCRIPT_DIR/..
+DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 \
+  docker build \
+  --output contrib \
+  -f contrib/Dockerfile \
+  .
+

contrib/gossip.desktop

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+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=gossip
+Version=1.0
+Comment=Desktop client for Nostr
+Exec=gossip
+Icon=gossip
+Type=Application
+Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;
+StartupWMClass=gossip
+Terminal=false
+MimeType=x-scheme-handler/nostr;
+X-GNOME-UsesNotifications=false
+# Allows finding Gossip using application launchers and software shops more easily
+Keywords=Nostr
+X-KDE-Keywords=Nostr
+# to be listed properly in some stores
+X-Purism-FormFactor=Workstation;Mobile;