On Tue, 15 May 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On 15-May-2001 Niall Young wrote: > > I'm creating a bunch of custom task packages, mostly empty > > with dependencies but a few will need to contain configs > > and pre-filled debconf entries. > > > > It's not too clear from the NMG and the DDR on how to do > > this. I can create empty task packages fine, I'm just not > > too sure how to insert a bunch of files and not compile > > a tarball in the process. > > the 'tarball' is the source for the package. Even an 'empty' package must > have > a source tree containing only the debian/ directory.
Right, but what I'm asking is how to include a handful of plaintext files with filesystem locations in an otherwise empty task-* package. Should I make a custom Makefile or have I missed a useful dpkg tool to help with this? -- Niall Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
