> Could someone please mail me a complete step-by-step instruction on creating > deb packages? The manual page is somewhat outdated... I actually figured out > how to do it simply using tar, gzip and ar (couldn't figure dpkg out), > but how do I make dpkg run some post-install shell script after unpacking it? > Thanks.
You also might be able to find this information using the new index of the Debian web site. Go to http://insite.verisim.com/search/debian/advanced and try the following query: build* debian package* I'm sure other queries will find similar information. (The stars (*), by the way, are globbing characters and will match any suffix of those words.) Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.