On 17-May-2005, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Ben Finney [Tue, 17 May 2005 12:00:38 +1000]: > > That's exactly what I need help with. What should I do to decide > > "here's a bunch of hand-rolled stuff that has a direct or indirect > > debhelper replacement"? > > debhelper(7) contains a list of all the available dh_foo programs, > and a short description of each. That should give you hints of what > stuff can be done with it. And also, very importantly, read examples > under /usr/share/doc/debhelper, since most packages will use a very > similar structure. Thanks, I should have looked harder in the existing debhelper documentation; I got to the manpage and stopped. Probably because I'm trying to make minimal changes rather than rewrite from scratch; though that's obviously no excuse. > You can take a look at already-using-debhelper packages that have to > solve similar problems to the ones in the package you're trying to > migrate. I guess what I'm hoping for is one or more war stories from those who've taken an existing, possibly crufty debian/rules, and converted to debhelper. I see occasional comments to that effect in changelogs as they whiz past, but it's common to see someone blog the experience of moving from one infrastructure to another. > The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in > higher esteem those who think alike than those who think > differently. -- F. Nietzsche Thanks, a new quote for my sigmonster. -- \ "Writing a book is like washing an elephant: there no good | `\ place to begin or end, and it's hard to keep track of what | _o__) you've already covered." -- Anonymous | Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au>
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