Re: How to create package without source code
On 07/27/2016 10:49 AM, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2016-07-27 10:14 +0200, Alex Mestiashvili wrote:
>
>> Here is the manual describing how to build binary packages:
>>
>> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/
>
> This is over ten years old and only for hardcore users. Creating a
> source package (even if it's just a tarball containing all the files you
> want to install) and producing a binary package from that is much
> easier, since the helper commands then hide all the gory details from
> you.
>
> Cheers,
> Sven
>
Building the source package is no problem, but the OP was asking about
the binary package.
Some years ago I was binary packaging java including local certificates
in the java's keystore and it was working just fine.
And as far as I remember I was using exactly this manual.
Best,
Alex
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