Re: Packaging pre-compiled programs...

[Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net>]

Robert Clay <JClay@techteam.com> wrote:

> Warren,
> 
> >>> Warren Turkal <wturkal@cbu.edu> 02/17/02 04:19PM >>>
> >Are you trying to take a precompiled program (like distributed-net) and 
> >package it for use ....
> 
>       I've been meaning to ask about that; how does one go about doing
>       that?

Instead of compiling, you could simply copy the binary into place under
the debian/ directory.  If you do that, set the architecture in the
control file to, e.g., "i386" instead of "any".

If you have binaries for more than one arch, it can still be done.
(e.g. `dpkg --print-architecture`).

Peter