Re: Trying to make my first package...
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 04:22:57PM +0200, Julien Barnier wrote:
> "Bernhard R. Link" <blink@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> :
> > dpkg-buildpackage cannot create a orig.tar.gz, as something original
> > has already to be there. (Try putting the upstream source code renamed
> > there). In order to dpkg-buildpackage even trying, you need to have a
> > version number ending with a debian-specific number. (The thing after
> > -)
>
> As you say, I just renamed the folder where I put the original sources
> with a "-1" version number,
The name of that directory doesn't matter (much). It's the presence of
the .orig.tar.gz and the version number at the head of debian/changelog
that are important.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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