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Re: maint-doc and dh_make



On Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 05:08:11PM -0400, Rahsheen Porter wrote:
> Ok, I'm trying to follow the maint-guide to build my own package. The problem
> is that the doc is assuming that dh_make is doing things that it isn't doing,
> like creating the .orig dir and making a default changelog entry. I followed
> the damn thing exactly, so whats going on? Should I be able to run dh_make
> and have it build me a package by running dpkg-buildpackage (not a very 
> *good* package, mind you)?
> 

Start with installing debhelper and checking out
/usr/doc/debhelper/examples.  Check out each of the dh_* programs, read
their man pages, etc.  Follow along with the Packaging Manual.. 
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