help in resolving error,building a .deb pkg ;newbie!!

[shampavman <shampavman.cg@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Im new to .deb packaging.. and learning it as a test I wanted to modify 
the alien pkg such that it automatically creates a symlink from 
/usr/bin/alien to /usr/sfw/bin/alien.. and thus i changed the rules file 
appropriately... but when I do a build this is what I get

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/shampavman/packaging/alien-8.73'
  dh_auto_test
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/shampavman/packaging/alien-8.73'
No tests defined for Alien extension.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/shampavman/packaging/alien-8.73'
# simple smoke test
/bin/ln -s /usr/bin/alien /usr/sfw/bin/alien
/bin/ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/sfw/bin/alien': No such file or directory
make: *** [build] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
root@wrapster:~/packaging/alien-8.73# screen
[screen is terminating]

Now I just started with it and want to learn.. can anyone direct me to the mistakes i'm
making!!



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Regards,
Shampavman c.g
http://shampavman.wordpress.com