So finally I have located a package (xdir) that nobody is working on. I
want to build a test package and see if I am qualified enough to become a
official Debian developer. Here is what I do -
1. tar zxvf the package.
2. cd directory_of_package
3. deb-make
4. cd debian
5. rm *.ex
This is a x package for which I need to add a menu entry. Is it enough
if
I just edit the menu.ex file? Would dpkg automagically know how to add the
menu entry?
6. build
7. dpkg --install fooBar.deb
I think the best way for me to learn would probably be by extracting
everything from a similar .deb package. How do I extract the contents of a
.deb package? I am not talking about dpkg --exctract. Obviously the
creator of a package has to have some way to inform dpkg to add the menu
entry.
Also, what is a good document to read to get started. I have already read
the Debian Developers Reference and the New Package Maintainer's Debian
Packaging HOWTO.
S.
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