Hi Shawn, >I am using pbuilder for the first time and I was wondering: >How does one build a package in pbuilder if they haven't generated .dsc files?
I'm using : 1. dget -x [http/ftp url of .dsc file] 2. cd [packageFolder-xxx] 3. 'dch -i' - to adapt the changelog 4. dpkg-source -b packageFolder-xxx (this will generate the .dsc file for your package) 5. sudo pbuilder build <RecentlyGenerateddscFile> Of course there are tons of options in pbuilder to customize the packaging, but this is minimal to give you a go ahead :-) Hope this helps! Regards Jaikumar On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Ghislain Vaillant <ghisv...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 24/08/15 01:18, Vincent Cheng wrote: > >> Hi Shawn, >> >> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Shawn Sörbom <sh...@sorbom.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I am using pbuilder for the first time and I was wondering: >>> How does one build a package in pbuilder if they haven't generated .dsc >>> files? >>> I am trying to build a package on my stable system that has dependencies >>> which >>> are only satisfiable in sid. I have not built this particular version >>> yet, so >>> there are no .dsc or .changes files. what should I do? >>> >> >> Use "pdebuild" from within your unpacked source directory. >> Alternatively, use "debuild -S" to generate a source package, then >> pass the .dsc file to pbuilder. >> >> Regards, >> Vincent >> >> > Alternatively, if the packaging your are working on uses git, you can use > git-buildpackage [1]. > > [1] https://wiki.debian.org/PackagingWithGit > > Then, building a new iteration of your package is as simple as running: > > `gbp buildpackage` > > inside your packaging repository. > > Kind regards. > Ghis > >