On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 12:34:40PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > I am currently working on integrating debian packaging system in > cpack (part of CMake, see cmake.org). Basically cpack used to have a > simple tarball system for creating package on *NIX. I simply had to > encapsulate this tarball within an 'ar'ball, with a control and a > md5sums file (*)
I recommend reading the deb(5) man page; there may be surprises. > I am now wondering if I should also create some sort of debian > 'source' package. As far as I understand there is no such thing, but > instead your are distributing a copy of the original tarball of the > package and a diff file. Is this correct ? It's not. A Debian source package consists of two to three files. The main file has the suffix .dsc; it specifies source package metadata and what other files are needed. The other files are a tarball and an optional diff. See http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-sourcepkg.html#s-pkg-sourcearchives . Also note that packages intended for installation in a Debian system should follow Debian policy. This may be nontrivial to achieve using an automated system like (I assume) cmake. See http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho, Jyväskylä http://antti-juhani.kaijanaho.fi/newblog/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/antti-juhani/
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