>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew J Cosgriff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andrew> Pardon my ineptitude, but I'm trying to work out the
Andrew> process of making a little test package directory to chuck
Andrew> into apt's sources.list, and I'm unsure how one goes about
Andrew> making the Packages, Packages.gz, Release (etc.) files
Andrew> that need to live in there along with the actual package
Andrew> files themselves.
Andrew> I'm presuming there's a program to autogenerate them, but
Andrew> having poked about with "apt-cache search" and at the new
Andrew> maintainers guide et al, I've been unable to find the
Andrew> package that does this (I suppose I missed something
Andrew> obvious somewhere ?)
It depends what, exactly, you are after.
however, the usual way is
source archive ----> *.deb
using one of
debian/rules build
fakeroot debian/rules binary-arch
(not sure if the last parameter would always be that; sometimes it
might be binary-indep).
OR
dpkg-buildpackage (also builds the source *.tgz and *.diff files).
If this is the type of thing you require, have a look at some Debian
source code (unpack it with dpkg-source -x *.dsc) to see how to create
the source. The simplest (IMHO) package I know of (my package of
course!) is diskless, as it is entirely perl and doesn't require
compilation. Other good examples will also exist.
Also look up dh_make, from dh-make (automatically generate /debian
directory of source), and lintian (check package to see if it complies
with Debian policy). These might be an overkill for your application,
but I think a good idea all the same.
Or, if you want to get low-level, the building of the *.deb file comes
from "dpkg-deb -b". You must have a DEBIAN directory though containing
at least control.
I hope this helps...
--
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
