Add tool for building DEB/RPM packages

.github/workflows/packages.yml

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+name: Publish binary packages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+    - '.devcontainer/**'
+    - 'examples/**'
+    - 'lib/**'
+    - 'man/**'
+    - 'priv/**'
+    - '**.md'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+    - '.devcontainer/**'
+    - 'examples/**'
+    - 'lib/**'
+    - 'man/**'
+    - 'priv/**'
+    - '**.md'
+
+jobs:
+  binaries:
+    name: Binaries
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Cache build directory
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ~/build/
+          key: ${{runner.os}}-ct-ng-1.25.0-RC2
+      - name: Install prerequisites
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get -qq update
+          sudo apt-get -qq install makeself
+          # https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/blob/master/testing/docker/ubuntu21.10/Dockerfile
+          sudo apt-get -qq install build-essential autoconf bison flex gawk
+          sudo apt-get -qq install help2man libncurses5-dev libtool libtool-bin
+          sudo apt-get -qq install python3-dev texinfo unzip
+      - name: Install FPM
+        run: |
+          gem install --no-document --user-install fpm
+          echo $HOME/.gem/ruby/*/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Build binary archives
+        run: CHECK_DEPS=false tools/make-binaries
+      - name: Build DEB and RPM packages
+        run: tools/make-packages
+      - name: Build installers
+        run: tools/make-installers
+      - name: Collect packages
+        run: |
+          mkdir ejabberd-packages
+          mv ejabberd_*.deb ejabberd-*.rpm ejabberd-*.run ejabberd-packages
+      - name: Upload packages
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ejabberd-packages
+          #
+          # Appending the wildcard character ("*") is a trick to make
+          # "ejabberd-packages" the root directory of the uploaded ZIP file:
+          #
+          # https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact#upload-using-multiple-paths-and-exclusions
+          #
+          path: ejabberd-packages*
+          retention-days: 14

.gitignore

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 /rebar.lock
 /log/
 Mnesia.nonode@nohost/
+# Binaries created with tools/make-{binaries,installers,packages}:
+/ejabberd_*.deb
+/ejabberd-*.rpm
+/ejabberd-*.run
+/ejabberd-*.tar.gz