1st working "make all debs" in subdirectories. Statical examples work, submodules needs adjustements.

.gitmodules

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 [submodule "debs/common/armbian-config"]
 	path = debs/common/armbian-config
 	url = https://github.com/armbian/config
-	ignore = dirty
 [submodule "debs/common/armbian-firmware/lib/firmware"]
 	path = debs/common/armbian-firmware/lib/firmware
 	url = https://github.com/armbian/firmware
-	ignore = dirty
 [submodule "debs/common/armbian-firmware-full/lib/firmware"]
 	path = debs/common/armbian-firmware-full/lib/firmware
 	url = https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
-	ignore = dirty

build-deb.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SRC="$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE}")")"
+# fallback for Trusty
+[[ -z "${SRC}" ]] && SRC="$(pwd)"
+
+REVISION="5.67$SUBREVISION" # all boards have same revision
+ROOTPWD="1234" # Must be changed @first login
+[[ -z $MAINTAINER ]] && MAINTAINER="Igor Pecovnik" # deb signature
+[[ -z $MAINTAINERMAIL ]] && MAINTAINERMAIL="igor.pecovnik@****l.com" # deb signature
+
+#echo $SRC
+DEST=$SRC/output
+source debs/go.sh

debs/TEMPLATE/armbian.config

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+PACKAGE=armbian-example-package
+VERSION: 2.9
+MAINTAINER: John Doe <john@armbian.com>
+ARCH=all
+PRIORITY=optional
+DEPENDS="libc6 (>= 2.14)"
+CONFLICTS="nano"
+BREAKS="text (<< 2.9)"
+REPLACES="joe (<< 2.9), hello-joe"
+SECTION="devel"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.johndoe.com"
+DESCRIPTION="Example"
+REPOSITORY=bionic							# internal settings for repository

debs/TEMPLATE/armbian.postinst

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+echo "#!/bin/sh"
+echo "# This script is executed after files are unpacked"
+echo "exit 0"

debs/TEMPLATE/armbian.postrm

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+echo "#!/bin/sh"
+echo "# This script removes files created by the package."
+echo "exit 0"

debs/TEMPLATE/armbian.preinst

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+echo "#!/bin/sh"
+echo "# This script is executed before the package is unpacked."
+echo "exit 0"

debs/TEMPLATE/armbian.prerm

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+echo "#!/bin/sh"
+echo "# This script is executed before the removal of files associated with the package."
+echo "exit 0"

debs/TEMPLATE/overlay/boot/boot.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Example file

debs/board/pinebook/armbian.config

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+PACKAGE=armbian-pinebok-desktop
+REVISION=5.99
+ARCH=all
+MAINTAINER=John
+MAINTAINERMAIL=john@doe.com
+SECTION=xorg
+PRIORITY=optional

debs/common/armbian-desktop-xfce/armbian.config

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+# SAMPLE
+PACKAGE=armbian-bionic-desktop
+REVISION=5.99
+ARCH=all
+MAINTAINER=John
+MAINTAINERMAIL=john@doe.com
+SECTION=xorg
+PRIORITY=optional
+DEPENDS="xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-video-fbdev gvfs-backends gvfs-fuse xfonts-base xinit x11-xserver-utils xfce4 lxtask xfce4-terminal thunar-volman gtk2-engines gtk2-engines-murrine gtk2-engines-pixbuf libgtk2.0-bin libgnome2-perl network-manager-gnome xfce4-notifyd gnome-keyring gcr libgck-1-0 p11-kit pasystray pavucontrol pulseaudio pavumeter pulseaudio-module-gconf bluez bluez-tools pulseaudio-module-bluetooth blueman libpam-gnome-keyring libgl1-mesa-dri policykit-1 profile-sync-daemon gnome-orca numix-gtk-theme xserver-xorg-input-all paprefs dbus-x11"
+RECOMMENDS="mirage galculator hexchat xfce4-screenshooter network-manager-openvpn-gnome mpv fbi cups-pk-helper cups geany atril xarchiver leafpad chromium-browser system-config-printer-common system-config-printer language-selector-gnome"
+PROVIDES=armbian-bionic-desktop
+DESCRIPTION="Armbian XFCE desktop"
+CONFLICTS="joe"
+REPLACES="ui"

debs/common/armbian-desktop-xfce/armbian.postinst

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+echo "#!/bin/bash"
+echo "echo \"jeba\""

debs/common/armbian-firmware/DEBIAN/postinst

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh 
-echo "foe"
-exit 0
-
-

debs/family/rockchip64/DEBIAN/postinst

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh 
-echo "foe"
-exit 0

debs/family/rockchip64/armbian.config

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+PACKAGE=armbian-xxx-desktop
+ARCH=all
+SECTION=xorg
+PRIORITY=optional
+REPOSITORY=bionic
+DEPENDS=xserver-xorg
+PROVIDES=test

debs/family/rockchip64/armbian.postinst

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+echo "#!/bin/sh"
+echo "# This script is executed after files are unpacked"
+echo "exit 0"

debs/family/rockchip64/armbian.postrm

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+echo "#!/bin/sh"
+echo "# This script removes files created by the package."
+echo "exit 0"

debs/family/rockchip64/armbian.preinst

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+echo "#!/bin/sh"
+echo "# This script is executed before the package is unpacked."
+echo "exit 0"

debs/family/rockchip64/armbian.prerm

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+echo "#!/bin/sh"
+echo "# This script is executed before the removal of files associated with the package."
+echo "exit 0"

debs/family/rockchip64/overlay/usr/hello_world

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CHOSEN_DESKTOP=armbian-bionic-desktop
+REVISION=5.99
+ARCH=all
+MAINTAINER=John
+MAINTAINERMAIL=john@doe.com
+SECTION=xorg
+PRIORITY=optional

debs/go.sh

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+find_deb_configs(){
+IFS=$'\n'
+names=()
+dirs=( $(find debs -maxdepth 2 -mindepth 2 -not -path "*/TEMPLATE/*" ) )
+
+#echo $dirs
+
+# required for "for" command
+shopt -s nullglob dotglob
+
+# check subdirectories for debian package definitions
+for dir in "${dirs[@]}"; do
+	for config in ${dir%%:*}/armbian.config; do
+	#echo $config
+		names+=($(basename $config))
+		if [[ -f ${dir%%:*}/$names ]]; then
+			local location_source="$SRC/${dir%%:*}/"
+			local location_destination="$SRC/.tmp/${dir%%:*}/"
+			create_deb_control $location_source $location_destination
+
+			#echo $SRC/.tmp/${dir%%:*}/$names
+		fi
+	done
+done
+}
+
+function process_line()
+{
+if [[ -f $1/$2 ]]; then
+	local filename="$3$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/"$(echo $2 | sed -e "s/^armbian.//")
+	postinst=$(bash $1/$2)
+	while read -r line; do
+    echo "$line" >> $filename
+	done <<< "$postinst"
+	chmod +x $filename
+fi
+}
+
+function create_deb_control ()
+{
+	echo $1 $2
+	unset PACKAGE ARCH SECTION PRIORITY DEPENDS PROVIDES RECOMMENDS REPOSITORY
+	[[ -f $1/armbian.config ]] && source $1/armbian.config
+	[[ -z $PACKAGE ]] && echo "Error. Package name must be defined" && return 1
+	[[ -z $DESCRIPTION ]] && DESCRIPTION="Unnamed Armbian package"
+	[[ -n $REPOSITORY ]] && REPOSITORY=$REPOSITORY"/"
+	[[ $2 != "/" ]] && rm -rf $2 && mkdir -p $2/$PACKAGE $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN
+	[[ -d $1/overlay ]] && cp -rp $1/overlay/. $2/$PACKAGE/
+	local packagesize=$(du -sx --exclude DEBIAN	$2 | awk '{ print $1 }')
+
+	process_line $1 "armbian.preinst" 	$2
+	process_line $1 "armbian.postinst"	$2
+	process_line $1 "armbian.prerm" 	$2
+	process_line $1 "armbian.postrm" 	$2
+
+	echo "Package: ${PACKAGE}"																	>  $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	echo "Version: ${REVISION}" 																>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	echo "Architecture: ${ARCH}" 																>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	echo "Maintainer: ${MAINTAINER} ${MAINTAINERMAIL}" 											>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	echo "Installed-Size: ${packagesize}" 														>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	echo "Section: ${SECTION}"																	>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	echo "Priority: ${PRIORITY}" 																>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	[[ -n $DEPENDS ]] && 		echo "Depends: $(echo ${DEPENDS} | tr " " ,)"					>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	[[ -n $PROVIDES ]] && 		echo "Provides: $(echo ${PROVIDES} | tr " " ,)"					>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	[[ -n $RECOMMENDS ]] && 	echo "Recommends: $(echo ${RECOMMENDS} | tr " " ,)"				>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	[[ -n $CONFLICTS ]] && 		echo "Conflicts: $(echo ${CONFLICTS} | tr " " ,)"				>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	[[ -n $REPLACES ]] && 		echo "Replaces: $(echo ${REPLACES} | tr " " ,)"					>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	echo -e "Homepage: ${HOMEPAGE}"																>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+	echo -e "Description: ${DESCRIPTION}\n"														>> $2/$PACKAGE/DEBIAN/control
+
+	fakeroot dpkg-deb -b $2/$PACKAGE $DEST/debs/${REPOSITORY}$PACKAGE.deb
+}
+
+find_deb_configs
+#create_deb_control