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On Wednesday 10 July 2002 10:06 am, Achim Bohnet wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 July 2002 07:49, David Gibb wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm trying to start learning how to package kde programs, and I came
> > across admin/debianrules files. I've figured out they relate to
> > packaging, but I'm not sure how. Can anyone explain how the debianrules
> > file is used, or point me somewhere it is explained?
>
> AFAIK it's special for the debian kde pkgs. If you check the debian subdir 
you'll find:
> > grep -d skip  admin/debianrules debian/*
>
> debian/rules:debian/debiandirs: admin/debianrules
> debian/rules:   perl -w admin/debianrules echodirs > debian/debiandirs
> debian/rules:   perl -w admin/debianrules echoglobals >
> debian/system.kdeglobals
>
> Run those command without the redirection and you 'see' what they do ;)
> The rules file is the Makefile that is used to build the package
> (see http://www.de.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-dreq.en.html#s-rules)
>
> Short story: debiandirs defines the environment and options for configure.
> system.kdeglobals is later installed in /etc/kde3

As Achim explained it provides a list of configure options to use. As the 
admin dir is shared by all kde modules it means that all debian KDE packages 
have the options for file locations. systems.kdeglobals needs the same 
information so it makes sense to use the same program to generate it.
- -- 
David Pashley
david@davidpashley.com
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
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