Re: Install /usr/bin/something from upstream source to /usr/bin/something on hdd?
Andrey Rahmatullin:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:23:38PM +0000, Patrick Schleizer wrote:
>> I am upstream as well as would like to become a debian maintainer some
>> day. Still learning packaging.
>>
>> Due to the luxury of being upstream as well, the upstream source package
>> can be formatted in any way I wish. [In this case it is a simple package
>> with shell scripts only.]
>>
>> Personally I find it useful to have a folder layout like this:
>> upstream_source_folder/usr/bin/some_script
>> upstream_source_folder/usr/bin/another_script
>> upstream_source_folder/etc/some_config
>> upstream_source_folder/etc/init.d/some_init
>>
>> Those should get installed to /usr/bin/some_script etc.
>>
>> Is it possible to simplify packaging? I mean, is it possible to automate
>> this without using a package.install file? In other words, is it
>> possible to tell debhelper, "use the
>> upstream_source_folder/usr/bin/some_script and install it to
>> /usr/bin/some_script"?
> The proper way is to write upstream build scripts so that `make install`
> (and `make install DESTDIR=foo`) would work properly.
Do you know an example package that works like this so I can pick it up
from there?
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