are you using debhelper scripts?
if yes, check the DH_COMPAT variable in debian/rules file.
if it is 1, among other things, the first binary package referred in
debian/control will be searched in debian/tmp. if it is 2, the first
package will be searched in debian/{$PACKAGE_NAME} directory.
the debian/rule anyway says in the "make install" line to install the
stuff in debian/tmp, ence the misbehavior if DH_COMPAT is set to 1.
i had a problem like this.
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 03:01:09PM +0100, Raphaël HALIMI wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to this list so, if I'm out of the subject, please tell me
> which list I must use.
>
> i'm trying to build a package from a source tar.gz file. To accomplish
> this, I installed the package "maint-guide" and followed all
> instructions in it (installation of new packages, etc etc). Finally,
> after some hours spent trying, I had a ".deb" package. But this is VERY
> strange... There's no program in this package. Only the docs. Although
> the program compiles and installs (in the tmp dir) good, the content of
> debian/tmp/bin and debian/tmp/lib ain't copied i the .deb. The
> maintainer's guide tells to run "lintian" on the package, to see if
> there's any error; but even this, I can't do it, because gpg complains
> about not finding my secret key and so it dpkg-buildpackage doesn't
> build this .changes file. I did run gpg--gen-key....
>
> Please, can someone help me ? I think i'm going crazy...
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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