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Re: Making debs..



On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 08:39:15PM +0900, marshal@h9.dion.ne.jp wrote:
> >>>>> "Russ" == Russ Pitman <rjp@belle.apana.org.au> writes:
> 
>     > On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 11:07:32PM +0900, marshal@h9.dion.ne.jp
>     > wrote:
>     >> >>>>> "Russ" == Russ Pitman <rjp@belle.apana.org.au> writes:
>     >> 
>     >> > When I try "debian/rules binary" in a source directory >
>     >> containing a /debian subdirectory and running as root I get >
>     >> "permission denied"
>     >> 
>     >> Did you check if it was executable?  That will give that error.
>     >> rules is a shell script so you may need to chmod +x it.
>     >> 
>     >> Good luck.
>     >> 
>     >> Marshal
>     >> 
>     > Thanks, Did that and it ran and failed,no control file.
> 
>     > Its all part of the learning curve:-) I'll go RTFM some more,one
>     > thing should the control file be part of the /debian dir in the
>     > package or is that left as an exercise for the user?
> 
> It should be part of the /debian dir.  It's the file that contains all
> the build-depends and information about the package.
> 
> What program are you trying to compile?  And if it has a /debian dir,
> why doesn't it have a control file?

That's a good question-- pass--  The program was enlightenment-0.16.5
from CVS. The /debian subdir has only one file 'rules'

> Anyways, it seems fairly easy to make.  The only hard part will be
> figuring out all the depends, but I guess you can look at the config
> file for that.

Apart from education it's not worth worrying about, I had already copiled,
tried it out and dropped it. I wasjust curious to see whether the latest
was any significant advantage. Its not, I wont be changing from xfce for
something -much- heavier and slower.

> Take a look at the New Maintiner's Guide.
 
Yes
 
> http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-dreq.en.html#s-control
> 
> good luck!
> 
> Marshal
Thanks,
Have a good day


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