Robert,
thanks I'll be redoing the package.
Luis
On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 01:38:53PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 06:00:19PM -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> >
> > Hey gang, I've fixed the package. Here's the new one:
> > http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/grubconf/grubconf-0.5-debian/
> >
> > Let me know how this one is.
>
> In debian/control:
>
> Build-Depends:
>
> - These packages are always part of the base system. Unless you need a
> particular version of them you don't need to build-depend:
>
> base-files (>= 3.0.8 )
> libc6 (>= 2.3.1-16 )
> coreutils (>= 4.5.10-1 )
> grep (>= 2.5.1-4 )
>
> - These packages are already in the Build-Essential set, you don't need to
> build-depend on them, either (unless you need a particular version):
>
> binutils (>= 2.13.90.0.18-1.3 )
> gcc-3.3
> libc6-dev (>= 2.3.1-16 )
> perl-base (>= 5.8.0-17 )
> perl-modules (>= 5.8.0-17 )
>
>
> - The following packages are shared libraries. You don't need these in
> build-depends. If you need the development files (headers and object
> archives)
> for compiling your package, build-depend on their correspondant -dev packages
> instead:
>
> libxml1
> libglade0
> libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.2.1-3 )
> libncurses5 (>= 5.3.20021109-2 )
> libgnome2-0
>
> - Do you really need version >= 2.57-2woody1 of autoconf? If you're running
> autoconf at build time, probably any of the 2.5x series is enough, which
> means you just need to build-depend on unversioned autoconf, and
> build-conflict with autoconf2.13 (to avoid it from setting a
> /usr/bin/autoconf
> divert)
>
> autoconf (>= 2.57-2woody1 )
>
> - You don't need to depend on shared libraries, dpkg-shlibdeps already takes
> care of adding it:
>
> Depends: libgtk2.0-0
>
> - Also remember to indent the Description field.
>
>
> In debian/copyright:
>
> - The "It was downloaded from sourceforge.net" doesn't suffice to refer
> someone for downloading it.
>
> P.S: Remember to run lintian on your .dsc and .deb for automatic evaluation
> of your package before uploading it.
>
> P.P.S: please sign your source package next time (just install gnupg and
> create a key, it'll be signed automaticaly by dpkg-buildpackage) and
> publish your gpg key.
>
> --
> Robert Millan
>
> "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the
> thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he
> gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new
> work."
>
> -- J.R.R.T., Ainulindale (Silmarillion)
