Re: New version of Packaging HOWTO
On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Igor Grobman wrote:
> on page 2, you say:
> Line 8 describes the CPU architecture the binary package was compiled
>for. We can leave this as any as debmake will fill in the appropriate
>value.
> ^^^^^^^
>
> Actually, it's dpkg that does it.
>
dpkg itself or dpkg-buildpackage? I've put in dpkg-buildpackage for now.
> still on page 2, you say regarding Pre-depends:
>
> This is stronger than depends. dpkg and dselect will not install your program unless the packages it Pre-depends on
> are installed and correctly configured. Use this vry sparingly.
>
>
> You should mention that if you want to use Pre-depends, you need the approval
> of debian-devel.
>
I've added "...and only after discussing it on the debian-devel mailing
list." to the end of this sentence.
> on page 3 you say:
>
> We also don't want the debug options.
>
> Actually, it is recommended to compile the binary with debugging symbols in
> the build target, and then strip it in the binary. This is to ease the
> debugging for the maintainer or whoever else is working with the source
> package.
>
You're right. But why do we strip the binary then? I think people might
be confused if we don't give the reason.
--
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@braincells.com>
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