Re: Building Debian Packages
On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Will Lowe wrote:
>
> > I'd reccomend the "Makeing a debian Package" page, which is pretty good
> As the author of that article, I am gratified that someone actually finds
> it useful.
Very!
>
> It's too easy. This is by design. My target audience was people like me.
Please keep it this way. Let's make things as obvious and idiot-proof as
possible.
> It's too hard. One suggestion I had was to include stuff about gcc
> options, makefiles etc. There is a need for something like this but it's
Things that probably ought to be included but aren't:
Specific instructions on what to change in the control, rules,
etc. files. This isn't very clear, and requires a lot of hacking around
with source to figure out. While hacking is good for understanding, you
don't neccessarily need to understand deb-make/dpkg to make a package.
A *brief* listing of gcc options/makefile stuff. Only the ones
that are likely to be relevant to your average maintainer who just wants
to run "rules" and have it work. True gcc hackers/unix gurus will already
know the esoteric stuff they'll need.
And:
> conf files, install scripts and integrating with the menu package
> It doesn't explain how to become a Debian maintainer, upload your package
> etc. I have mixed feelings about this. You don't need to be Debian
> maintainer to want to create .debs. Though I am one now, I originally
Righto! And the "Debian Developer's Reference" covers this in much
detail. Maybe just a line saying "If you want to become a maintainer and
upload your package, see the Developer's Reference at http://whatever.";
Will
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