Re: Build binary package from debian sources.New format 3.Errors.

["Karl E. Jorgensen" <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>]

Hi

On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 12:07:16AM +0000, Luis Suzuki wrote:
> When I needed to build a package from debian sources I used to:
> bzcat ../debianpackage.diff.gz | patch -p1 from within the original
> source.Then:
> debuild.And everything went smoothly.
> 
> Now I do (and does not work):
> 
> From within the original package sources directory tree:
> 
> tar xfz ../debianpackage.debian.tar.gz (the patch tree)
> 
> A debian directory appears within the original sources top level directory
> and I do:
> 
> debuild or
> dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
> 
> And does not work.What am I doing wrong?

An error message would be helpful here...

Why not just:

    apt-get source ${packagename}

?  I find it does *everything* anyway..

Hope this helps

-- 
Karl E. Jorgensen