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Re: Are there special requirements for porting



Bart Warmerdam <bartw@xs4all.nl> writes:

> Are there any documents on porting or do you just package an
> existing package with dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b and dupload
> the result (after checking and necessairy patching)??

That should be `-B' not `-b' and add `-m"Bart Warmerdam
<bartw@xs4all.nl>"' (or whatever address).

Personally, I would think very carefully about using fakeroot, it's
got an incredibly chequered history and I wouldn't trust it for
recompiles.

-- 
James


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