On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 02:46:22PM +0200, Martin Butterweck wrote: > 1) Build-Depends: How can I find out what belongs in build-depends ? I could > guess, but is there a way to find out for sure ? Last time I forgot > something...
Build a chroot with debootstrap and install the build-essential package and its dependencies. Anything else you have to install to get the package to build is a build dependency. > 2) Configure: I want to package a second piece of software that uses > configure-scripts. Where do I have to place "DESTDIR=" and so on ? > Configure.in ? debian/rules, probably when you do '$(MAKE) install'. > 3) Perl packages dont have Makefiles, they have Makefile.pl, which is > usually veeery short. should I call perl Makefile.pl and edit the > resulting Makefile ? Or is there another way ? See http://people.debian.org/~bod/perl-policy/. Editing the Makefile by hand is probably a bad idea; the process in the Perl policy should get it right unless something goes very wrong. > 4) new-maintainer-guide refers to a "packaging manual" which I cant find. :) > Where is it ? It no longer exists; it's been rolled into the main policy document, and the parts that aren't actual policy are there as appendices until they find a better home. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
