Re: Help, the template debian/rules is too simple

[waixy zhou <waixy.zh@gmail.com>]

I admit what I'm doing is a little beyond my current skill, after all, I'm just a user of Debian not a developer. But I think it is better using apt/dpkg to manage the software/tools I need in my research than just using "./configure && make && make install". I prefer to use the ready-made packages if there is any. I googled, but unfortunately I can't find any.

I find a way to solve the this issue by answering 'b' to the question asked by dh_make, that is using cdbs, then setting the variables 
DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS and DEB_CONFIGURE_PREFIX in debian/rules. 

I am not sure weather this is the right way or the best way, but at least it works.

Thanks anyway!

Waixy

2009/11/2 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 08:25:01PM +0800, waixy zhou wrote:
> hi,
> I want to package the cross-complie tools for RTEMS(a realtime operation
> used in embedded system), and use dh_make to generate the template of
> "debian/" directory, then i find the file *debian/rules* is too simple, just
> 3 lines left after eliminating the comments, as follows:
>           #! /usr/bin/make -f
>           %:
>                       dh   $@

I have not used dh_make under squeeze recently ...  but I know lenny one
now comes with option to create package with cdbs.  This cdbs is not
covered by NM guide.

> This is very different from the ***Debian New Maintainers' Guide**. *This is
> my first time to do package, so I am confused.

You should have answered differently to the question.

> How can I generate the
> template debian/rules file containing the details as New Maintainers' Guide?

Read:

$ man dh_make

> I do not want the cross-complie tools such as gcc/gdb mix up with my
> host-complie tools. So I want to assign at least these complie options:
> --prefix and --target. How can I do that?

I guess, if you have not created normal package, you are doing something
beyond your current skill.  You need to lean step by step.

Osamu