Re: [HOWTO?] Splitting one upstream package into several .debs
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> Do I have to create each package seperately (ie. tar zxvf
> upstream_src.tgz, dh_make, edit, dpkg-buildpackage in each case)? Can
> someone point me to another *simple* package that is split downstream
> like this?
Most downstream split packages seem to use the debhelper dh_movefiles
mechanism. enlightenment is a fairly simple example of this type.
For 'hand-spun' examples, I can best point you at Manoj's rules:
http://master.debian.org/~srivasta/
'make' is a multi-binary, for example.
Jules
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