Matthew Palmer wrote: >[...] Specifically, you'll need to >provide your sponsor with a standard Debian source package (containing >orig.tar.gz, diff.gz, and dsc files).
Ah, thanks for the info, I'm a newbie at this! After going through the steps given in the Debian New Maintainers' Guide, http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-build.en.html, the debianish files I end up with in my directory are these: when_1.0.15-1_all.deb: Debian binary package (format 2.0), uses gzip compression when_1.0.15-1.diff.gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix, max compression when_1.0.15-1.dsc: PGP armored data signed message when_1.0.15-1_i386.changes: PGP armored data signed message when_1.0.15.orig.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix when-1.0.15.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix If the .deb is a binary package, do I need to do something else to create a source package? Do source packages have a different extension? (Of course the distinction between source and binary is kind of moot here, since my program is in pure perl, but I assume they're two different formats?) It seems like I'd need to do a dpkg-source, but from the man page, I'm not clear exactly what to do. The guide says in section 6.1 that the command `dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot' should make both a source and a binary package, but it doesn't seem to have done so...? Thanks in advance for any further help you can give! -Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
