steps i followed 1> apt-get source <package-name> 2> cd <package>-<version> 3> dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
above steps builds deb pkg with shared library while using "apt-get -b source <pkg>" don't. bye varun Matthew Palmer wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 10:11:31PM -0800, iluvlinux wrote: >> i am trying to build pkg by using command >> apt-get -b source <package-name> >> the package builds fine but when i check the contents using >> >> dpkg --contents .deb >> it displays contents but the shared library and its symbolic link does >> not >> exist >> >> but if i do manually what apt-get -b ** does, the package contains the >> shared library > > Knowing (a) what <package-name> is, and (b) what exactly you did that > matches "what apt-get -b does" would be helpful. > >> i am using scratchbox to build the packages for arm target . >> and my OS is Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 > > It might be better asking on Ubuntu-specific fora; Ubuntu does change the > way things work from a stock Debian system, so there may well be an > Ubuntu-specific problem at play. > > - Matt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Weired-problem-with-apt-get--b-source-%3Cpackage-name%3E-tp14268496p14289624.html Sent from the debian-mentors mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]