On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Daniel Moerner <dmoer...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Jack Kelly <endgame....@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Sune Vuorela <nos...@vuorela.dk> wrote: >>> On 2009-05-24, Jack Kelly <endgame....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjo...@redhat.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> I have a problem building a library, starting with a dh_make template. >>>>> The basic problem seems to boil down to files don't get moved from >>>>> DESTDIR (debian/tmp) into the actual packages, so the final *.deb >>>>> packages are empty. >>>>> >>>>> It seems like the <foo>.dirs and <foo>.install files in debian/ are >>>>> something to do with this process. However I cannot find where in >>>>> Debian policy these are documented ... >>>> >>>> My suggestion: If CDBS supports your package's build system, use it. >>>> http://build-common.alioth.debian.org/cdbs-doc.html . It calls all the >>> >>> Please do not suggest debian/rules obfuscators, wether it is cdbs nor >>> dh(1), to newcomers wanting to learn packaging. >> >> Okay, will do. Can you please explain your reasoning, though? On the >> surface, it seems analogous to "Please do not suggest Makefile/sh >> obfuscators, whether it is autotools nor cmake(1), to newcomers >> wanting to learn how to build software.". > > I'm not sure if there's really a problem with that statement either, > you really should know the basics of how GNU make works with regard to > PHONY targets and the like before you jump into using autotools or > cmake in my opinion. > > In any case, the reason to not use obfuscators here is because they > don't solve the problem: they won't know what to install any more than > a manual call to dh_install. At least using the manual call to > dh_install will help teach why this is the case.
Both you and Sune make a lot of sense. Thanks for clarifying. -- Jack -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
