Re: how to create a new debian package
Hi,
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:27:51AM +0800, george wrote:
> Hi all
>
> How to create a new Debian package from my source ? I want to create binary
> packages from the source I have.
>
> When I using "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -d" to cli ,I got the error
> msg as follows :
...
> tail: cannot open `debian/changelog' for reading: No such file or directory
>
> dpkg-buildpackage: failure: tail of debian/changelog gave error exit status
> 1
Did you created source with debian/* ?
It seems you did not run dh_make and editted files there.
Please read:
http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#maint-guide
(somewhat outdated examples but good enough for you to get idea)
Then read related manpages and key documents:
http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#policy
http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#devref
Osamu
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