Re: RFS: tvim

[Harry Rickards <hrickards@l33tmyst.com>]

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On 06/26/09 23:13, Mauro Lizaur wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Harry Rickards wrote:
>> Ok, thanks for the advice. I'll have a read through the FAQ and make a  
>> source package. I actually used dpkg-deb not dpkg-buildpackage, as when I 
>> try to use dh_make (as per the New Maintainers Guide), I get an error 
>> about no Makefiles being found in the top directory, even though I know 
>> they're there. I also can't seem to convert the Makefile into the rule 
>> file manually.
> 
> Let me see if I understood correctly:
> You:
> -> untarred tvim-0.2.tar.gz
> -> entered to the tvim directory
> -> executed dh_make -f ../tvim-0.2.tar.gz
> 
> And then you got the error about no makefiles? 
> I just did that and worked just fine

Yeah. I've just done it again though and it works fine.

> Meanwhile, I recommend you to use pbuilder [0] to start packaging, this way 
> you can test stuff without breaking anything on your system while practicing. 
> BTW, use the unstable version of the packaging tools since you'll be (usually)
> packaging for unstable (unless you want to package something for ubuntu, etc).

Okay. I'll have a look at it.

> Also, keep in mind that you will need to complete tvim's build-dependencies
> which are likely to be listed in the 'configure' file (or in the README), so 
> take a look at the new maintainers guide [1] where you can find a snippet to 
> find them.

Okay. Thanks for all the advice

> [0] http://packages.debian.org/pbuilder
>     http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/software/pbuilder-doc/pbuilder-doc.html
> [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-dreq.en.html#s-control
> 
> Regards,
> Mauro
> 


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