On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 10:31:35PM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am not able to build debian packages out of the KDE source... (the needed
> files are supplied directly via the KDE)
>
> I have the code installed and run:
> dpkg-deb -b <root_of_source>
> and i get the error that it can't open the DEBIAN dir. Ok i rename the
> "debian"
> dir to "DEBAIN" and then i get an error about parsing errors in the
> DEBIAN/control file...
AFAIK dpkg-deb -b is a very low-level tool that is invoked very late in
the build process (once the executables are built and installed into a
suitable directory structure).
You probably want to use one of:
$ fakeroot debian/rules binary
or
$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
the latter will sign your package(s) too
> Please don't say that their are procompiled versions avail...
Yes there are :-) (no: *you* said that! :-)
[Random signatures can be uncanningly accurate sometimes...]
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