Re: Custom debian packages
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 03:15:04AM +0200, tolecnal@tolecnal.net wrote:
> Dear fellow Debian users.
>
> I've recently been looking to making my own custom Debian packages from
> source, as some of the software found in Etch is a bit outdated for some
> of my needs. Since I've found no back ported packages that suits my
> needs, I thought about making my own custom packages.
>
> I've been able to so far to make both binary packages and library
> packages, using dh_make and debuild. I've started to understand the
> process of editing the debian/rules and debian/control files, but I'm at
> a loss when it comes to the more technical aspects of packaging custom
> packages.
>
> What I mean by this, is I've still not yet understood how I actually add
> for instance custom configuration files, documentation and most
> importantly when building custom library packages, how do I go about
> separating the actual library files and development files. I've tried to
> the best of my abilities to found a decent howto, but have so far not
> yielded and good results.
>
> What is important when packaging library files, what do I need to make
> sure of both when installing, and also uninstalling. Any pointers would
> be highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance, have a continued good day and weekend! :)
>
> --
> Yours sincerely Jostein Elvaker Haande
You should check out mentors.debian.net. It is a website that provides a
few services:
1)helps people get packages into debian who are not 'debian developers'
2)helps people with creating debian packages
you want #2. They have a mailing list and an irc channel on
irc.debian.org, also.
cheers,
Kev
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