On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 23:32:32 -0700, Rick wrote in message <20171029063232.gd30...@linuxmafia.com>:
> Quoting Steve Litt (sl...@troubleshooters.com): > > > I don't know how to do the preceding, and I'm forever prioritizing > > other things above learning it. > > Well, if you have a spare hour some time, try debhelper[1] ...and start writing a tutorial as you learn, we're here to help (coach, bug-test etc) you thru writing the tutorial. :o) ..having you "just follow" Rick's advice means we have one more .deb packager, "making" you write a tutorial, makes you a good .deb packager, aaand, gives you an excellent recipe pointer to shove down e.g. my throat. ;o) > [1] > https://faceted.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/howto-build-a-trivial-debian-package-with-dh_make/ ..I'd be more verbose, e.g.: #/bin/bash mkdir -vp foo-0.1 cd foo-0.1 dh_make --createorig --indep # ..this should prompt you to hit enter mkdir -vp essentials mv -v debian/{changelog,compat,rules,control} essentials rm -vr debian mv -v essentials debian # ..here I gather we want "debian/essentials"? echo './example-src/* ./' > debian/foo.install mkdir -vp example-src/usr/share/example touch example-src/usr/share/example/file # ..this should create # the empty (git source?) file (or file tree) to be installed dpkg-buildpackage -uc -tc -rfakeroot dpkg --contents ../foo_0.1-1_all.deb # ..now you can inspect # the resulting Devuan package # # # Pay attention to Leif's note here: "For reasons I haven’t # investigated, if you try to put files under /usr/local/ this # recipe won’t work. # (There are probably other directories this will also not work # for; /usr/share and /var are all that I’ve tried successfully.) <EOF> ..not yet tested, I too have questions. :o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
