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Re: Creating .deb files with just binaries?



On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 04:00:31PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote:
> >>>>> "Kevin" ==   <kevin@exstor.com> writes:
> 
> Kevin> Hi all, Does anyone know if its possible to create .deb files
> Kevin> just from a binary file rather than having to compile source
> Kevin> files to create the package?
> 
> Look at the dpkg-deb man page.  Esp. the --build option.

That's usually only ever used from debian/rules files. It's not really a
good place to start unless you're *very* familiar with how .debs work.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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