I've almost finished converting a whole package---the only thing I
lack is a completed .changes file.
When running dpkg-buildpackage on my testbed, I get the following:
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Enter pass phrase:
Pass phrase is good.
Key for user ID: Michael Alan Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1024-bit key, Key ID 00BFA3A9, created 1996/06/14
Just a moment....+ mv -- ../ncftp_2.3.0-6.dsc.asc ../ncftp_2.3.0-6.dsc
+ dpkg-genchanges
dpkg-genchanges: error: package ncftp has section in control file but
- in files list
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Here, however, is the control file:
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Source: ncftp
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Standards-Version: 0.1
Package: ncftp
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
Description: A user-friendly and full-featured FTP client.
This program allows a user to transfer files to and from a remote network
site, and offers additional features that are not found in the standard
interface, ftp.
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And here is `files':
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ncftp_2.3.0-6_i386.deb - optional
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The problem, I guess, is obvious enough, but I feel unsure of why this
is a problem (I thought we were being encouraged to leave section and
priority and all that to the archive maintainer).
Once this can be resolved, I guess my only remaining complaint would
be that the build process is (until I have time to really sit down
with the tools and explore them and exactly what they do) just a touch
on the opaque side.
Which, I suppose just proves that Ian can't satisfy everyone all at
once.
Mike.
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Michael Alan Dorman Head of Systems
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Louis Calder Memorial Library
(305) 243-5530 University of Miami School of Medicine
