Re: lintian whining about app-defaults file
On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 phil@bolthole.com wrote:
> a) stop using Imake and let debhelper install the app-defaults file
> b) use debhelper v3 to build the package, because it automagically
> populates conffiles for you
> c) ??
>
> I see problems with both of the first two:
> a) -- well, gee, why bother even having Imake in debian
> b) -- its not a matter of what *I* use, it's a matter of what the
> autobuilders use.
>
> Heck, b) would even be just fine with me in principle: I could have my own
> autobuilder... except I CANT, because there aren't publically available
> 'unstable' machines for every architecture!!!!!
>
I fail to understand what exactly your complaint is. you call xmkmf
(which calls imake) in your debian/rules. Then you run the generated
makefile overriding anything that needs to change to conform to Debian
policy and make install with a DESTDIR of debian/packagename. Then the
various debhelper programs do their thing and you have a .deb.
What's the problem?
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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
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