On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:07:46PM -0600, David Segonds wrote: > 1. Even though, Architecture was set to 'all' in debian/packages, the > 'changes' file I obtain is tagged with 'i386'. Is this normal? The same > thing happen when I repackage phpmyadmin.
Yes. The changes file will always be tagged with the arch you built on. That is normal behaviour. The .deb should be tagged _all, of course. > 2. There is an INSTALL file in the upstream .tar.gz and I want to copy > it in /usr/share/doc/phpldapadmin but 'lintian -l' is complaining about > it saying that upstream install instructions are useless to the Debian > users installing the package. Can I rename this file as README, as it > contains more information than the traditionnal INSTALL instructions? If there isn't another README in the package, that sounds like a good way to go - and pest upstream into either splitting the file or renaming it to README. > 3. How far should I go in configuring the package after installation? > Should I prompt the user for the information about the LDAP server > he/she intends to connect to? Should I let the user manually edit the > configuration file. Changing two lines is likely to be enough in most > situations. I'd probably ask the questions. Users will enjoy the fact that they can just install and away. - Matt
