Re: screwy error message from dpkg-buildpackage

[Chow Chi-Ming <cmchow@se.cuhk.edu.hk>]

>>>>> "Chow" == Chow Chi-Ming <cmchow@se.cuhk.edu.hk> writes:

>>>>> "Stuart" == Stuart Lamble <lamble@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au> writes:
Stuart> * download blurf-NN.tar.gz 
Stuart> * extract it 
Stuart> * rename blurf-NN to blurf-NN.orig 
Stuart> * extract blurf-NN.tar.gz again

Chow> You don't have to do the last step if you use debmake.  Instead,
Chow> go into the directory and execute deb-make.

Oh, I didn't read carefully, my mistake.  This is what I have been
doing

	* download blurf-NN.tar.gz
	* extract it
	* rename the directory to <deb-package-name>-<version>
	* cd <deb-package-name>-<version>
	* execute deb-make 

and you can start customising debian/* files.  No need to worry about
the .orig directory. 

--
Billy C.-M. Chow <cmchow@se.cuhk.edu.hk>
Department of Systems Engineering       
The Chinese University of Hong Kong    


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