On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 07:45:41PM +0100, Fabrizio Lippolis wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to build a package for a library, both static and shared. > The library gets built with configure, make and make install which I > have seen are contained in the rules file. When I issue the command > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot everything seems to work fine and the deb > files are built. The problem is that with dpkg-deb -c I can't see the > .so and .a files in the packages. I have remarked that everything is > built and copied into the debian/tmp directory but it seems nothing puts > them in the deb files. Anybody could please suggest me what am I doing > wrong? Thanks in advance.
Well, the most likely problem is the make install tries to install the stuff in the final place (/usr/lib or something such), and not in the debian/tmp directory (or even better the debian/package_name directory). The first thing to do is to save the log : dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot &>../log & tail -f ../log And then examine said log to see where the makefile installs stuff. Then, you check your debian/rules for the installation target : $(MAKE) install PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/package_name or something such. Then, check the upstream makefile, if it supports the PREFIX thingy or not, and modify it so it works as you want. This would be a first step, if this don't work, we can search further. Friendly, Sven Luther
