Re: Making .debs

[Chris Gray <cgray@tribsoft.com>]

>>>>> Eirik Dentz writes:

    ed> Can anyone point out to me a good starting point for someone
    ed> interested in making .debs from source?  I'm looking for some
    ed> sort of step by step guide, if such a thing exists.

$ apt-cache show maint-guide
Package: maint-guide
Priority: optional
Section: doc
Installed-Size: 185
Maintainer: Josip Rodin <jrodin@jagor.srce.hr>
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0
Suggests: doc-base
Filename: dists/woody/main/binary-all/doc/maint-guide_1.0.deb
Size: 118686
MD5sum: 0dc677741ddab64c310d191af2c486ad
Description: Debian New Maintainers' Guide
 This package contains the Debian New Maintainers' Guide.
 .
 This document will try to describe building of a Debian GNU/Linux
 package to the common Debian user (and wannabe developer) in common
 language, and well covered with working examples.
 .
 Contains following chapters:
   1. Getting started "The Right Way"
   2. First steps
   3. Modifying the source
   4. Required stuff under debian/
   5. Other files under debian/
   6. Final steps


-- 
Chris