also sprach Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org> [2004.12.31.0058 +0100]: > > Unfortunately, ar(1) won't suffice as it cannot create BSD-style > > archives. DEB files are BSD ar archives, not GNU ar. Thus, you > > need dpkg-source. > > Hmm, do you have a definitive reference for that? All I can find > from a quick google on seemingly relevant terms is a year-old > e-mail exchange between Goswin and aba about a specification of > the file format, which is fairly disjoint and doesn't really > explain the issue properly. There is a bug against apt-utils somewhere. Other than that, no, sorry, no reference right now. Ask Goswin, he knows. Also, the problem only surfaces with apt-ftparchive, I think. dpkg and APT can use GNU and BSD ar. > > You need a control file. Whether that is debian/control > > (standard source package), or DEBIAN/control (binary package) > > does not matter though. However, if you use debian/control, you > > also need debian/changelog. > > Why do you need debian/changelog if you're using debian/control? Because DEBIAN/control is created from these two. > Surely there could be an alternate means of specifying the package > version number, since you're not restricted to using the Usual > Debian Tools -- remember, absolute minimalism here... debian/control and debian/changelog are the standards for Debian source packages. debhelper is also more or less of a standard, which uses them. Obviously, you can create DEBIAN/control (not the capitals, now I am talking dpkg-deb) with other means, but then why need debian/control. > It's actually quite a fun mental game, this: "What do I *really* need, > rather than what I'm accustomed to needing". ed(1), tar(1), dpkg-deb. also sprach Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org> [2004.12.31.0309 +0100]: > 4. Create a file called control that looks like this: > > Package: hello-example > Description: A quicky and dirty example of a debian package > > 5. Now tar it up with the name control.tar.gz > > $ tar cvzf control.tar.gz control So what will be the version of your package? I won't have a chance to reply anymore for three weeks. I'll be back then. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver!
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