Yes, I managed to confirm this.
Now that I understand better the directory locations
where commands must be typed, and the places
where files are intended to go, I can reproduce
the following recipe from scratch:
cd debian-med/trunk/packages/fis-gtm/fis-gtm-initial/trunk
make -f debian/rules get-orig-source
Get the following output:
. ./debian/get-orig-source
check version of software
-- Downloading updated package gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_pro.tar.gz
Filename i386: gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_pro.tar.gz
PKG: fis-gtm-initial
PKGVERSION: 54002B
architecture: i386
-- Downloading updated package gtm_V54002B_linux_x8664_pro.tar.gz
Filename i386: gtm_V54002B_linux_x8664_pro.tar.gz
PKG: fis-gtm-initial
PKGVERSION: 54002B
architecture: amd64
This brought the file:
fis-gtm-initial_54002B.orig.tar.gz
to the parent directory:
debian-med/trunk/packages/fis-gtm/fis-gtm-initial
which is verified by typing "ls .."
that returns:
fis-gtm-initial_54002B.orig.tar.gz trunk
then I go to the parent directory:
cd ..
where "pwd" returns:
debian-med/trunk/packages/fis-gtm/fis-gtm-initial
(BTW, in all "pwd"s results in this email,
I'm removing the base text "/home/ibanez/src"
since it is probably not relevant for the recipe).
and expand the .orig.tar.gz file:
tar -xzf *.orig.tar.gz
this creates a "fis-gtm-initial" directory.
I copy the "debian" directory into the new
"fis-gtm-initial" directory:
cp -a trunk/debian/ fis-gtm-initial
and I cd into it:
cd fis-gtm-initial/
at that point "ls" returns:
debian gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_pro-i386.tar.gz gtm_V54002B_linux_x8664_pro-amd64.tar.gz
and "ls .." returns:
fis-gtm-initial fis-gtm-initial_54002B.orig.tar.gz trunk
Then I called "debuild".
(so my rule of thumb is that "debuild" must be called
from a directory that has the 'package name', in this
case "fis-gtm-initial" and that it expects the orig.tar.gz
file to be in the parent directory.)
the output of "debuild" is:
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc
dpkg-buildpackage: export CFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: export CPPFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor):
dpkg-buildpackage: export CXXFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: export FFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: export LDFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor):
dpkg-buildpackage: source package fis-gtm-initial
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 54002B-1
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Andreas Tille <
tille@debian.org>
dpkg-source --before-build fis-gtm-initial
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture i386
fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh clean
dh_testdir
debian/rules override_dh_auto_clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ibanez/src/debian-med/trunk/packages/fis-gtm/fis-gtm-initial/fis-gtm-initial'
dh_auto_clean
rm -f debian/defaults.template
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ibanez/src/debian-med/trunk/packages/fis-gtm/fis-gtm-initial/fis-gtm-initial'
dh_clean
dpkg-source -b fis-gtm-initial
dpkg-source: info: using source format `3.0 (quilt)'
dpkg-source: info: building fis-gtm-initial using existing ./fis-gtm-initial_54002B.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: building fis-gtm-initial in fis-gtm-initial_54002B-1.debian.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: building fis-gtm-initial in fis-gtm-initial_54002B-1.dsc
debian/rules build
dh build
dh_testdir
debian/rules override_dh_auto_configure
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ibanez/src/debian-med/trunk/packages/fis-gtm/fis-gtm-initial/fis-gtm-initial'
echo "do not configure anything in this step"
do not configure anything in this step
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ibanez/src/debian-med/trunk/packages/fis-gtm/fis-gtm-initial/fis-gtm-initial'
dh_auto_build
dh_auto_test
fakeroot debian/rules binary
dh binary
dh_testroot
dh_prep
dh_installdirs
debian/rules override_dh_auto_install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ibanez/src/debian-med/trunk/packages/fis-gtm/fis-gtm-initial/fis-gtm-initial'
# that's a pretty complex way to copy the gtm tarball to a certain dir - let's rather do this directly
# cat debian/install.template > debian/install
# echo "/usr/lib/fis-gtm" >> debian/install
mkdir -p debian/fis-gtm-initial//usr/lib/fis-gtm/distribution
# Considering that there are two distinct tarballs in the original tarball copying both into the
# target binary deb is just wrong - wee need to grep for the right architecture as well
cp -a `ls -1 | grep -v debian | grep i386` debian/fis-gtm-initial//usr/lib/fis-gtm/distribution
cat debian/defaults.template.template |\
sed "s?RRRRR?/usr/lib/fis-gtm?g" |\
sed "s/VVVVV/54002B/g" > debian/defaults.template
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ibanez/src/debian-med/trunk/packages/fis-gtm/fis-gtm-initial/fis-gtm-initial'
dh_install
dh_installdocs
dh_installchangelogs
dh_installexamples
dh_installman
dh_installcatalogs
dh_installcron
dh_installdebconf
dh_installemacsen
dh_installifupdown
dh_installinfo
dh_pysupport
dh_installinit
dh_installmenu
dh_installmime
dh_installmodules
dh_installlogcheck
dh_installlogrotate
dh_installpam
dh_installppp
dh_installudev
dh_installwm
dh_installxfonts
dh_bugfiles
dh_lintian
dh_gconf
dh_icons
dh_perl
dh_usrlocal
dh_link
dh_compress
dh_fixperms
dh_strip
dh_makeshlibs
dh_shlibdeps
dh_installdeb
dh_gencontrol
dh_md5sums
dh_builddeb
dpkg-deb: building package `fis-gtm-initial' in `../fis-gtm-initial_54002B-1_i386.deb'.
dpkg-genchanges >../fis-gtm-initial_54002B-1_i386.changes
dpkg-genchanges: including full source code in upload
dpkg-source --after-build fis-gtm-initial
dpkg-buildpackage: full upload (original source is included)
Now running lintian...
W: fis-gtm-initial source: newer-standards-version 3.9.2 (current is 3.9.1)
Finished running lintian.
Now signing changes and any dsc files...
signfile fis-gtm-initial_54002B-1.dsc Andreas Tille <
tille@debian.org>
gpg: skipped "Andreas Tille <
tille@debian.org>": secret key not available
gpg: /tmp/debsign.UEQdYnHe/fis-gtm-initial_54002B-1.dsc: clearsign failed: secret key not available
debsign: gpg error occurred! Aborting....
debuild: fatal error at line 1246:
running debsign failed
Which is good news.
I verify that there is a .tar.gz file down
in the debian directory now.
The command:
find . -name "*.tar.gz"
returns:
./gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_pro-i386.tar.gz
./gtm_V54002B_linux_x8664_pro-amd64.tar.gz
./debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/lib/fis-gtm/distribution/gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_pro-i386.tar.gz
and I confirm that the command:
make -f debian/rules clean
cleans the "debian" directory.
It essentially removes the files:
debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/lib
debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/lib/fis-gtm
debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/lib/fis-gtm/distribution
debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/lib/fis-gtm/distribution/gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_pro-i386.tar.gz
debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share
debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share/fis-gtm-initial
debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share/fis-gtm-initial/defaults.template
debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share/doc
debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share/doc/fis-gtm-initial
debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share/doc/fis-gtm-initial/copyright
debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share/doc/fis-gtm-initial/changelog.Debian.gz
(this was verified by doing "find debian" before
and after doing "make -f debian/rules clean")
So,
It looks like I manage to replicate the
recipe and get the package to build.