On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 12:17:28AM -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Hi > I am new to packaging and I am trying to package gnuplotfortran whose > upstream is located at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplotfortran . > The upstream source is called gnuplotfortran-0.2.2-1.tar.bz2 . I > downloaded this to /tmp . > > Then I did > > tar xjvf /tmp/gnuplotfortran-0.2.2-1.tar.bz2 -C . Doesn't dpkg-source v2 handle bzip? Since June 11, according to the changelog.
> tar czvf gnuplotfortran-0.2.2-1.tar.gz gnuplotfortran-0.2.2-1/ > cd gnuplotfortran-0.2.2-1/ > dh_make --copyright lgpl -e [EMAIL PROTECTED] -f \ > ../gnuplotfortran-0.2.2-1.tar.gz -l What if you don't specify -f? > $lintian -i gnuplotfortran_0.2.2-1-1.dsc > W: gnuplotfortran source: native-package-with-dash-version > Q1) Where am I doing wrong? How can I get rid of this error? One way or another you're creating a native package, which this is not. A native package is defined by the lack of a .orig.tar.gz > Q2) should I create a symbolic link gnuplotfortran-0.2.2-1.orig.tar.gz > which points to gnuplotfortran-0.2.2-1.tar.gz before proceeding with > dpkg-buildpackage? I see that it is automatically created after > dpkg-buildpackage step. A symbolic link, or a real link (I guess), or a copy of the file, or a rename. -- Clear skies, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
