Re: creating debian packages
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 03:44:13PM +0100, Dafydd Harries wrote:
> Ar 01/06/2004 am 14:00, ysgrifennodd Roeland Moors:
> >
> > Here is the ruby package:
> > http://rubyforge.org/projects/gnucap/
> >
> > The debian package can be created by typing 'rake deb' in de
> > topdir. (rake must be installed)
>
> As far as I can tell, Rake is not currently available for Debian and
> would need to be packaged before the gnucap library.
>
> The debian/rules file *must* run all commands required to build the
> package. This includes invoking Rake.
>
> > This is my first attempt at a debian package so tell me if I'm
> > doing something wrong. Suggestions, comments are welcome.
>
> Could you provide a Debian source package? I.e. This should be a
> .orig.tar.gz, a .diff.gz and a .dsc.
>
> I think the section should be "libs" rather than "interpreters".
>
> I don't think there should be a "1.8" on the end of the package name --
> my understanding is that this convention should normally be reserved for
> packages built from the main Ruby distribution.
>
> The examples included in the package should be installed in
> /usr/share/doc.
>
> It would be nice if all the boilerplate debhelper lines were removed
> from the rules file.
Here is the latest debian package + source file:
http://gnucap.rubyforge.org/debian/
--
Roeland
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