On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 10:23:15PM +0200, Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote: > Dear All, > > I want to make a debian package (and later even make it into the > Debian distribution) of one of my own (GPL-ed) software. > > What are the documents & tools that I must read? The Debian New > Maintainers guide suppose that I debianize annother program. But I do > not want to patch my program (in the sense of making a patch file) but > to release the next version so that it will be debianisable. >
In my personal experience the best thing to do is adding some kind of switch for autoconf - I use --enable-debian - in order to make easier the debianization of the program. Often, the great problem with third-party software is that file paths are wrong and it's not so easy changing them extensively in the sources. This is a typical area where a well-written autoconf script can enable FHS compliant paths, and really help in writing easy 'rules' files. This is just an example, but I think the concept is clear: you should avoid to replicate the DD tasks, but simplify his life. See for instance my yardradius server, and its autoconf configure file. Find it in woody/sarge. -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
