Re: deb from source

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>]

Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 11:26:13PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to build gtk2.0-dbg .deb from source.
> >
> > I downloaded:
> >  gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.dsc
> >  gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.diff.gz
> >  gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig.tar.gz
> >
> > then:
> >  tar -xzvf gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig.tar.gz
> >  gunzip    gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.diff.gz
> >
> >  patch -p0 < gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.diff
> >
> >  cd gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig
>
> That's a ... convoluted (and wrong) way to extract a source package.
> Remove that gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig directory, and try this instead:
>
>   dpkg-source -x gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.dsc

I thought there was an easier way! So i tried:

  ~/SRC/GTK2: dpkg-source -x gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.dsc

  dpkg-source: extracting gtk+2.0 in gtk+2.0-2.2.1

  ~/SRC/GTK2: ls

  gtk+2.0-2.2.1  gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.diff.gz  gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.dsc  gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig.tar.gz

  ~/SRC/GTK2: dpkg-source -b gtk+2.0-2.2.1

  dpkg-source: building gtk+2.0 using existing gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig.tar.gz
  dpkg-source: failure: md5sum gave bogus output `'

Should this step generate a .deb file?