RE: (Re)build a Debian package

[SOETE Joël <JSO@EUROPAY.COM>]

Thanks a lot.
	Joel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Schulze [mailto:joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 12:03 PM
> To: SOETE Joël
> Cc: Debian Development
> Subject: Re: (Re)build a Debian package
> 
> 
> SOETE Joël wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I run Debian 2.1r4 on a PC with an amd486 120 MHz and 16Mb of ram.
> > 
> > I also recompile last release of Ckermit. To manage 
> installed software, I
> > would like make a package with this soft.
> > I found also package sources (.dsc, orig.tar.gz and diff.gz 
> files) of a
> > previous release (It is always easiest to learn new 
> material with a good
> > example) and put it in "/mydir".
> > In this directory I do: dpkg-source ckermit....dsc and work 
> fine by creating
> > the directory "/mydir/ckermit-193".
> > In this last directory I try to launch dpkg --build ... 
> which failled
> 
> dpkg --build creates a .deb out of a given tree.
> 
> You need to compile the package and packge it afterwards:
> 
> ./debian/rules build (as user)
> ./debian/rules binary (as root)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Joey
> 
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