On 06/29/01 Etienne Grossmann wrote: > dpkg-deb: parse error, in file `debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control' near line 6 > package `bloksi': > `Depends' field, missing package name, or garbage where package name expected > dh_builddeb: command returned error code > make: *** [binary-indep] Error 1 > > It seemed to disappear when I put the "Depends" line in the first > paragraph. I kept one copy of the Depends line in the 2nd paragraph; > otherwise no Depends line appears in debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control. > > This is not likely to be the right way of doing things.
Read the policy and packaging manuals: Depends belongs to the binary package stanza. The source stanza may include Build-Depends*. lupus -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian/rules [EMAIL PROTECTED] Monkeys do it better
