Re: Packaging af source dist
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On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 09:59:28PM +0100, Lars E. D. Jensen wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> > You should install under debian/vpopmail in your build tree, so use
> > 'DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/vpopmail'. The contents of debian/vpopmail
> > will then be packed up by the rest of the usual debian/rules
> > boilerplate and used as the filesystem archive for the .deb, which
> > you later install.
>
> I don't get this. Maybe i'm just too selfcompiled for ever making a deb
> package !
There are lots of examples, such as every Debian source package.
> If I change to DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/vpopmail it now installs in
>
> /root/vpopmail-5.4.3/debian/vpopmail/root/vpopmail-5.4.3/debian/tmp/
> or
> /root/vpopmail-5.4.3/debian/tmp/
>
> Why isn't it installing in /var/vpopmail like I ask it to in the ./configure
> line
I suggest you take this to debian-mentors@lists.debian.org, and post a
URL to your source package. It's a bit complicated to debug by voodoo
like this.
Also, please look at some other Debian source packages for examples.
> Maybe I got something wrong, is every .deb installed in /debian/package or
> what?
No.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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