Re: error when building package
On 06/29/01 Etienne Grossmann wrote:
> dpkg-deb: parse error, in file `debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control' near line 6 package `bloksi':
> `Depends' field, missing package name, or garbage where package name expected
> dh_builddeb: command returned error code
> make: *** [binary-indep] Error 1
>
> It seemed to disappear when I put the "Depends" line in the first
> paragraph. I kept one copy of the Depends line in the 2nd paragraph;
> otherwise no Depends line appears in debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control.
>
> This is not likely to be the right way of doing things.
Read the policy and packaging manuals:
Depends belongs to the binary package stanza.
The source stanza may include Build-Depends*.
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