> bcwhite>You don't want to trace it. If you read the "debian.rules" (or
> debian/rules)
> bcwhite>file, you'll see how a package is built. Basically, you create a
> directory
> bcwhite>("debian-tmp") and create a directory structure just like that of the
> debian
> bcwhite>system and place your files in there. One call to "dpkg" will then
> create
> bcwhite>a package for you from that directory structure.
>
> "one call to dpkg" ?
> i am sorry , but i don't understand what u mean
> prob the answer to my q is RTFM so plz flame me about it :-)
I think it's pretty obvious if you read the "debian/rules" file. Here
is an example:
binary: build
-rm -rf debian-tmp
mkdir -p debian-tmp debian-tmp/DEBIAN
debian-tmp/usr/doc/$(package)/Examples
dpkg-gencontrol -is -ip >debian-tmp/DEBIAN/control
make install PREFIX=debian-tmp/usr
cp debian/README debian-tmp/usr/doc/$(package)/Copyright
cat COPYING >>debian-tmp/usr/doc/$(package)/Copyright
cp examples/* debian-tmp/usr/doc/$(package)/Examples
find debian-tmp \( -name "#*" -o -name "*~" \) -print | xargs rm -f
chown -R root.root debian-tmp
chmod -R go=rX debian-tmp
dpkg --build debian-tmp
dpkg-name -o -s .. debian-tmp.deb
Note how it creates a directory structure and then call "dpkg --build"
to make a debian package out of that directory structure. The call to
"dpkg-name" then gives it the proper name.
Brian
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