On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 11:38:02AM -0700, Jim Westveer wrote: > Hi, > > I am putting together a package of GNU barcode, and the program > supplies an executable (barcode) info, and man files,...AND > a supporting library libbarcode.a . > > I suppose I could package the library separately...but I would > rather have it in one package. When I try to have debuild include > the library, and place it in /usr/lib debuild will do this, > although lintian gives a warning: > > W: barcode: executable-not-elf-or-script usr/lib > W: barcode: file-in-unusual-dir usr/lib. > > But when I try to install the package...dpkg pukes with: > > dpkg: error processing ../barcode_0.91.4-1_i386.deb (--install): > trying to overwrite directory `/usr/lib' in package gnome-gnobots with > nondirectory
Check your package, it looks like you installed the file _as_ /usr/lib (where lib is a file, not a directory). Second, make sure the lib get's installed with +x (mode 644 according to policy, iirc). Does this library come with headers? If so you should actually put the lib and headers into their own -dev package. Ben
